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From Playhouse to Printing House: Drama and Authorship in Early Modern England by Douglas A. Brooks (Paperback, 2006)

This study examines how Shakespeare and his contemporaries made the difficult transition from writing plays for the theatre to publishing them as literary works. Tracing the path from playhouse to printing house, Douglas Brooks analyses how and why certain popular plays found their way into print while many others failed to do so and looks at the role played by the Renaissance book trade in shaping literary reputations. Incorporating many finely observed typographical illustrations, this book focuses on plays by Shakespeare, Jonson, Webster and Beaumont and Fletcher as well as reviewing the complicated publication history of Thomas Heywood's work. Brooks uncovers the continually shifting relationship between theatre and publisher and defines the way in which the concept of authorship changed. His book represents an important contribution to the refiguration of two histories: English Renaissance drama and the early modern book.

Place of Publication
Cambridge
Spine
18mm
Series Part/Volume Number
V. 36
Series Edited by
Stephen Orgel,Anne Barton,Jonathan Dollimore,Marjorie Garber,Jonathan Goldberg,Nancy Vickers,Peter Holland,Kathleen McLuskie
Series Title
Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature & Culture
Content Note
23 B/w Illus.
Date of Publication
14/12/2006
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Genre
Literary Criticism

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