Imagining Shakespeare's Original Audience, 1660-2000
Groundlings, Gallants, Grocers
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, British, Nonfiction, Entertainment, Performing Arts
| Author: | Bettina Boecker | ISBN: | 9781137379962 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | April 29, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | Bettina Boecker |
| ISBN: | 9781137379962 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication: | April 29, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
Comparatively little is known about Shakespeare's first audiences. This study argues that the Elizabethan audience is an essential part of Shakespeare as a site of cultural meaning, and that the way criticism thinks of early modern theatregoers is directly related to the way it thinks of, and uses, the Bard himself.
Comparatively little is known about Shakespeare's first audiences. This study argues that the Elizabethan audience is an essential part of Shakespeare as a site of cultural meaning, and that the way criticism thinks of early modern theatregoers is directly related to the way it thinks of, and uses, the Bard himself.
