Prologues to Shakespeare's theatre performance and liminality in early modern drama

Prologues to Shakespeare's theatre : performance and liminality in early modern drama / Douglas Bruster and Robert Weimann.

Author/creator	Bruster, Douglas
Other author/creator	Weimann, Robert.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	London ; New York : Routledge,
Description	xi, 189 p. ; 22 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Technique. English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 --History and criticism. English drama--17th century --History and criticism. Prologues and epilogues--History and criticism. Mimesis in literature. Drama--Technique. Openings (Rhetoric)

Contents	The Elizabethan prologue : text, actor, performance -- Prologue as threshold and usher -- Authority and authorization in the pre-Shakespearean prologue -- Frivolous jestures versus matter of worth : Christopher Marlowe -- Kingly harp and iron pen in the playhouse : George Peele -- From hodge-podge to scene individable : John Lyly -- Henry V and the signs of power : William Shakespeare.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-182) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2004007537
ISBN	041533442X (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0415334438 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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