Textual Patronage in English Drama, 1570-1640Ashgate, 2006 - 247 páginas Through an investigation of the dedications and addresses from various printed plays of the English Renaissance, David Bergeron recuperates the richness of these prefaces and connects them to the practice of patronage. The prefatory matter discussed ranges from the printer John Day's address to readers (the first of its kind) in the 1570 edition of Gorboduc to Richard Brome's dedication to William Seymour and address to readers in his 1640 play, 'Antipodes'. The study includes discussion of prefaces in plays by Shakespeare's contemporaries as well as Shakespeare himself, among them Marston, Jonson, and Heywood. The book includes an Appendix that lists plays with prefatory dedications and addresses here analyzed. The author uses these prefaces to show that English playwrights, printers and publishers looked in two directions, toward aristocrats and toward a reading public, in order to secure status for and dissemination of dramatic texts. |
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... Countess of Bedford , which seems most plausible , and whether she assisted , we do not know ; but Jonson gained release from prison , and surely such influential friends as the countess could only help his case . We may have here , in ...
... Countess of Bedford , which seems most plausible , and whether she assisted , we do not know ; but Jonson gained release from prison , and surely such influential friends as the countess could only help his case . We may have here , in ...
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... countess as patron , as Schleiner has observed . " 41 The drama contains several statements about her patronage . Abraham Fraunce , for example , dedicates Amyntas Pastoral ( 1591 ) to the Countess , saying , " If Amyntas found favour ...
... countess as patron , as Schleiner has observed . " 41 The drama contains several statements about her patronage . Abraham Fraunce , for example , dedicates Amyntas Pastoral ( 1591 ) to the Countess , saying , " If Amyntas found favour ...
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... countess , Daniel seemed a prime candidate for carrying the English Garnier banner and hewing to classical principles of dramatic construction . By 1594 , Daniel had become " deeply immersed in the Wilton atmosphere and Cleopatra is ...
... countess , Daniel seemed a prime candidate for carrying the English Garnier banner and hewing to classical principles of dramatic construction . By 1594 , Daniel had become " deeply immersed in the Wilton atmosphere and Cleopatra is ...
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The Printing House and Textual Patronage | 23 |
Pageants Masques and Prefaces | 49 |
Women as Patrons of Drama | 73 |
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