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Court Masques

By David Lindley

Court Masques

By David Lindley

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The masque had a brief but splendid life as the dominant mode of entertainment at the early Stuart court, and it has increasingly come to be recognized as a genre offering a fascinating insight into the culture and politics of the early seventeenth century.
This selection of 18 masque for Charles I, performed just before the outbreak of civil war. It also includes examples of entertainments performed on royal progresses, as well as one domestic masque.
Court masques were extravagant multi-media happenings, imbued with often arcane allegorical programmes by writers and designers, and frequently commenting on tipical political issues. In this, the most substantial available selection, readers are offered the annotation necessary for understanding the complexities of the individual texts.
Under the General Editorship of Michael Cordner, of the University of York, the texts of the plays have been newly edited and are presented with modernized spelling and punctuation. In addition to the detailed notes there is a scholarly introduction, making this edition invaluable to students of Renaissance drama and court culture.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
332
Release Date:
1995-12-07
Publication Date:
1987-05-01
Publisher:
OUP Oxford
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0198121644
ISBN13:
9780198121640
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
601 g
Height:
145 cm
Width:
222 cm
Thickness:
23 cm
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