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245 10 a| Environmental degradation in Jacobean dramah| [electronic resource] /c| Bruce Boehrer, Florida State University.;

260 a| Cambridge :b| Cambridge University Press,c| 2013.;

300 a| vi, 216 pages ;c| 24 cm;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-210) and index.;

505 8 a| Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Middleton and ecological change; 2. Jonson and the universe of things; 3. Shakespeare's dirt; 4. John Fletcher and the ecology of manhood; 5. Dekker's walks and orchards; 6. Heywood and the spectacle of the hunt; Conclusion.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "In Environmental Degradation in Jacobean Drama, Bruce Boehrer provides the first general history of the Shakespearean stage to focus primarily on ecological issues. Early modern English drama was conditioned by the environmental events of the cities and landscapes within which it developed. Boehrer introduces Jacobean London as the first modern European metropolis in an England beset by problems of overpopulation; depletion of resources and species; land, water and air pollution; disease and other health-related issues; and associated changes in social behavior and cultural output. In six chapters he discusses the work of the most productive and influential playwrights of the day: Shakespeare, Jonson, Middleton, Fletcher, Dekker and Heywood, exploring the strategies by which they made sense of radical ecological change in their drama. In the process, Boehrer sketches out these playwrights' differing responses to environmental issues and traces their legacy for later literary formulations of green consciousness"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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Environmental degradation in Jacobean drama / Bruce Boehrer, Florida State University.

Author/creator	Boehrer, Bruce Thomas
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Description	vi, 216 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	English drama--17th century. --History and criticism. Environmental degradation in literature. Human ecology in literature.

Contents	Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Middleton and ecological change; 2. Jonson and the universe of things; 3. Shakespeare's dirt; 4. John Fletcher and the ecology of manhood; 5. Dekker's walks and orchards; 6. Heywood and the spectacle of the hunt; Conclusion.
Abstract	"In Environmental Degradation in Jacobean Drama, Bruce Boehrer provides the first general history of the Shakespearean stage to focus primarily on ecological issues. Early modern English drama was conditioned by the environmental events of the cities and landscapes within which it developed. Boehrer introduces Jacobean London as the first modern European metropolis in an England beset by problems of overpopulation; depletion of resources and species; land, water and air pollution; disease and other health-related issues; and associated changes in social behavior and cultural output. In six chapters he discusses the work of the most productive and influential playwrights of the day: Shakespeare, Jonson, Middleton, Fletcher, Dekker and Heywood, exploring the strategies by which they made sense of radical ecological change in their drama. In the process, Boehrer sketches out these playwrights' differing responses to environmental issues and traces their legacy for later literary formulations of green consciousness"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-210) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2012031743
ISBN	9781107023154

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