Breaking Boundaries: Politics and Play in the Drama of Shakespeare and His Contemporaries

by Molly Smith

First published in 1998, this volume explores the period 1585-1649, identifying it as rich in innovative drama which challenged the boundaries between social, political and cultural activities of various kinds. Molly Smith examines ways in which texts by Renaissance authors reflect, question and influence their society's ideological concerns. In the drama of Kyd, Shakespeare, Beaumont and Fletcher, Webster, Middleton, Massinger and Ford, she identifies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138607460
• ISBN13: 9781138607460
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"