Theatres and Encyclopedias in Early Modern Europe (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521030618)

This book analyzes the discourses and practices that defined Renaissance theater, as related to the development of encyclopedic texts and vice versa. Looking at what "theater" meant to medieval and Renaissance writers and critics, William West sets Renaissance drama within one of its cultural and intellectual contexts. Although the study focuses on the Renaissance, it also draws on and analyzes substantial classical and medieval material. It is of equal interest to intellectual historians, theater historians and students of early literature.

Author: William N. West
ISBN-10: 0521030617
ISBN-13: 9780521030618
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/02/2006
Pages: 312
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d