{"product_id":"shakespeare-and-university-drama-in-daniel-blank-9780192886095","title":"Shakespeare and University Drama in Early Modern England","description":"Dramatic performances at the universities in early modern England have usually been regarded as insular events, completely removed from the plays of the London stage. \u003cem\u003eShakespeare and University Drama in Early Modern England\u003c\/em\u003e challenges that long-held notion, illuminating how an apparently secluded theatrical culture became a major source of inspiration for Shakespeare and his contemporaries. While many university plays featured classical themes, others reflected upon the academic environments in which they were produced, allowing a window into the universities themselves. This window proved especially fruitful for Shakespeare, who, as this book reveals, had a sustained fascination with the universities and their inhabitants. Daniel Blank provides groundbreaking new readings of plays from throughout Shakespeare's career, illustrating how depictions of academic culture in \u003cem\u003eLove's Labour's Lost\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHamlet\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/em\u003e were shaped by university plays. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShakespeare was not unique, however. This book also discusses the impact of university drama on professional plays by Christopher Marlowe, Robert Greene, and Ben Jonson, all of whom in various ways facilitated the connection between the university stage and the London commercial stage. Yet this connection, perhaps counterintuitively, is most significant in the works of a playwright who had no formal attachment to Oxford or Cambridge. Shakespeare, this study shows, was at the center of a rich exchange between two seemingly disparate theatrical worlds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Blank\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0192886096\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780192886095\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.60w x 1.20d","brand":"Daniel Blank","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44074717741311,"sku":"9780192886095","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_60c81ee5-9bf7-4023-be03-4db810fdb5f9.jpg?v=1685455367","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shakespeare-and-university-drama-in-daniel-blank-9780192886095","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}