{"product_id":"the-politics-of-tragicomedy-shakespeare-and-after-paperback","title":"The Politics of Tragicomedy: Shakespeare and After - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGordon McMullan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJonathan Hope\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Politics of Tragicomedy: Shakespeare and After\u003c\/em\u003e offers a series of sophisticated and powerful readings of tragicomedy from Shakespeare's late plays to the drama of the Interregnum. Rejecting both the customary chronological span bounded by the years 1603-42 (which presumes dramatic activity stopped with the closing of the theatres) and the negative critical attitudes that have dogged the study of tragicomedy, the essays in this collection examine a series of issues central to the possibility of a politics for the genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndividual essays offer important contributions to continuing debates over the role of the drama in the years preceding the Civil War, the colonial contexts of \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e, the political character of Jonson's late plays, and the agency of women as public and theatre actors. The introduction presents a strong challenge to previous definitions of tragicomedy in the English context, and the collection as a whole is characterized by its rejection of absolutist strategies for reading tragicomedy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection will prove essential reading for all with an interest in the politics of Renaissance drama; for specialists in the work of Shakespeare, Fletcher, and Jonson; for those interested in genre and dramatic forms; and for historians of early Stuart England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 12, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755605557536,"sku":"9780367680275","price":77.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/76c8797229d8bbd81256ae99ae950b3a.webp?v=1780063450","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-politics-of-tragicomedy-shakespeare-and-after-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}