{"product_id":"the-absence-of-america-gavin-hollis-9780198734321","title":"The Absence of America: The London Stage, 1576-1642","description":"\u003cem\u003eThe Absence of America: the London Stage 1576-1642\u003c\/em\u003e examines why early modern drama's response to English settlement in the New World was muted, even though the so-called golden age of Shakespeare coincided with the so-called golden age of exploration: no play is set in the Americas; few plays treat colonization as central to the plot; a handful features Native American characters (most of whom are Europeans in disguise). However, advocates of colonialism in the seventeenth century denounced playing companies as enemies on a par with the Pope and the Devil. Instead of writing off these accusers as paranoid cranks, this book takes as its starting point the possibility that they were astute playgoers. By so doing we can begin to see the emergence of a 'picture of America', and of the Virginia colony in particular, across a number of plays performed for London audiences: Jonson's\u003cem\u003e Bartholomew Fair\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Staple of News\u003c\/em\u003e, and his collaboration with Marston and Chapman, \u003cem\u003eEastward Ho!\u003c\/em\u003e; Robert Greene's \u003cem\u003eOrlando Furioso\u003c\/em\u003e; Massinger's \u003cem\u003eThe City Madam\u003c\/em\u003e; Massinger and Fletcher's \u003cem\u003eThe Sea Voyage\u003c\/em\u003e; Middleton and Dekker's \u003cem\u003eThe Roaring Girl\u003c\/em\u003e; Shakespeare's \u003cem\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/em\u003e and Fletcher and Shakespeare's \u003cem\u003eHenry VIII\u003c\/em\u003e. We can glean the significance of this picture, not only for the troubled Virginia Company, but also for London theatre audiences. And we can see that the picture that was beginning to form was, as the anti-theatricalists surmised, often slanderous, condemnatory, and, as it were, anti-American.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gavin Hollis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198734328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198734321\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 11\/17\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.60w x 0.90d","brand":"Gavin Hollis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44054680142079,"sku":"9780198734321","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fc6fec84-06a1-4504-9fcc-2958c5fc1be4.jpg?v=1685031359","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-absence-of-america-gavin-hollis-9780198734321","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}