{"product_id":"the-purpose-of-playing-louis-montrose-9780226534831","title":"The Purpose of Playing: Shakespeare and the Cultural Politics of the Elizabethan Theatre","description":"Part of a larger project to examine the Elizabethan politics of representation, Louis Montrose's \u003ci\u003eThe Purpose of Playing\u003c\/i\u003e refigures the social and cultural context within which Elizabethan drama was created. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMontrose first locates the public and professional theater within the ideological and material framework of Elizabethan culture. He considers the role of the professional theater and theatricality in the cultural transformation that was concurrent with religious and socio-political change, and then concentrates upon the formal means by which Shakespeare's Elizabethan plays called into question the absolutist assertions of the Elizabethan state. Drawing dramatic examples from the genres of tragedy and history, Montrose finally focuses his cultural-historical perspective on \u003ci\u003eA Midsummer Night's Dream\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Purpose of Playing\u003c\/i\u003e elegantly demonstrates how language and literary imagination shape cultural value, belief, and understanding; social distinction and interaction; and political control and contestation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Louis Montrose\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226534839\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226534831\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.56w x 0.54d","brand":"Louis Montrose","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913439084799,"sku":"9780226534831","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_8088f6af-a269-401b-8659-b392134f4390.jpg?v=1680620408","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-purpose-of-playing-louis-montrose-9780226534831","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}