{"product_id":"the-politics-of-tragicomedy-gordon-mcmullan-9780367680275","title":"The Politics of Tragicomedy: Shakespeare and After","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gordon McMullan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367680270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367680275\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/12\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.48d","brand":"Gordon McMullan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44131616325887,"sku":"9780367680275","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_23f1131d-e972-4c51-9a92-1c4c37694af4.jpg?v=1687475426","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-politics-of-tragicomedy-gordon-mcmullan-9780367680275","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}