Politics and Tropes in Renaissance History Plays
Author | : Mitali P. Wong |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 2006 |
ISBN-10 | : IND:30000124541214 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Politics and Tropes in Renaissance History Plays by : Mitali P. Wong
Download or read book Politics and Tropes in Renaissance History Plays written by Mitali P. Wong and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most original expression of the English literature of the Renaissance is, without a doubt, its dramatic production. Up to 1616, including Shakespeare, English dramatists presented a complex array of plays that are often hard to classify. In this study, by focusing on tropes and rhetoric, new windows of interpretation are opened; some of the plays had been neglected by critics.