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Shakespeare

The Poet in his World

By: M. C. Bradbrook

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Shakespeare

The Poet in his World

By: M. C. Bradbrook

First published in 1978. In this study, Shakespeare's own life story and the development of English theatrical history are placed in the wider context of Elizabethan and Jacobean times, but the works themselves are the final objective of this 'applied biography'. The main contention of the book is that Shakespeare's life was the lure of the stage itself which inspired him to transform what everyday life provided into the worlds of Hamlet, King Lear and Prospero.

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1136558241

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Shakespeare and Elizabethan Poetry

A Study of His Earlier Work in Relation to the Poetry of the Time

By: M. C. Bradbrook

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Shakespeare and Elizabethan Poetry

A Study of His Earlier Work in Relation to the Poetry of the Time

By: M. C. Bradbrook

This 1979 study relates Shakespeare's work to the poetry, criticism and life of his age. Drawing upon a considerable body of evidence, it shows how Shakespeare was influenced by medieval thought, by classical sources, by the popular verse and the theatre of his day, and by the Elizabethan use of language.

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0521295289

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9780521295284

Themes and Conventions of Elizabethan Tragedy

By: M. C. Bradbrook

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Themes and Conventions of Elizabethan Tragedy

By: M. C. Bradbrook

The first edition of this book formed the basis of the modern approach to Elizabethan poetic drama as a performing art, an approach pursued in subsequent volumes by Professor Bradbrook. Its influence has also extended to other fields; it has been studied by Grigori Kozintesev and Sergei Eisenstein for instance. Conventions of open stage, stylized plot and characters, and actors' traditions of presentation are related to the special expectations which a rhetorical training produced in the listeners. The general discussion of tragic conventions is followed by individual studies of how these were used by Marlowe, Tourneur, Webster and Middlewon. For this second edition Professor Bradbrook has revised her material and written a new introduction. A new final chapter on performace and characterization describes the conventions of role-playing. Dramatists before and after Shakespeare are compared with him in their methods of showing a complex identity on stage. This chapter also considers the work of Marston, Chapman and Ford in relation to the themes and conventions studied in earlier chapters, providing a link with the subsequent volumes in A History of Elizabethan Drama.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521296951

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9780521296953

The School of Night

A Study in the Literary Relationships of Sir Walter Ralegh

By: M. C. Bradbrook

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The School of Night

A Study in the Literary Relationships of Sir Walter Ralegh

By: M. C. Bradbrook

This 1936 book discusses Sir Walter Raleigh's connection to the intellectual environment of his time. It analyses Raleigh's position as the focal point for 'The School of Night', a speculated group of literary, philosophical and scientific figures including prominent individuals such as Christopher Marlowe, George Chapman and Thomas Herriot.

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0521248124

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9780521248129

The Growth and Structure of Elizabethan Comedy

By: M.C. Bradbrook

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The Growth and Structure of Elizabethan Comedy

By: M.C. Bradbrook

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1956.

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0520345983

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9780520345980

Joseph Conrad

By: M. C. Bradbrook

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Joseph Conrad

By: M. C. Bradbrook

Originally published in 1941, this book provides a brief study of the life and work of Joseph Conrad ('Poland's English genius') through the lens of his writings. Bradbrook divides Conrad's stories by three main themes: the wonders of the deep, the hollow men and recollections in tranquillity, in order to show Conrad's literary development. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Conrad's writings.

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1107689244

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The Rise of the Common Player: Volume 3

A Study of Actor and Society in Shakespeare's England

By: M. C. Bradbrook

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The Rise of the Common Player: Volume 3

A Study of Actor and Society in Shakespeare's England

By: M. C. Bradbrook

In The Rise of the Common Player, Professor Bradbrook relates the rise of the men's acting companies in London during the second half of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I to the rise of poetic drama, and the emergence of an informed public. Four leading figures are studied in detail: Robert Laneham, Richard Tarlton, Robert Wilson and Edward Alleyn. The role of the boy players is the subject of separate consideration, and finally the private entertainments of the court are discussed, comparison being drawn between them and the Christmas revels at the university and the inns of court. This book was first published by Cambridge University Press in 1979. It is one of the most complete accounts of a development important both for literature and social history.

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0521295270

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9780521295277

Shakespeare

The Poet in his World

By: M. C. Bradbrook

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The Poet in his World

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1136558179

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Elizabethan Stage Conditions

A Study of their Place in the Interpretation of Shakespeare's Plays

By: M. C. Bradbrook

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Elizabethan Stage Conditions

A Study of their Place in the Interpretation of Shakespeare's Plays

By: M. C. Bradbrook

A short, vigorous and clear study of the use and misuse of our knowledge of Elizabethan stage conditions in interpreting Shakespeare's plays. After reviewing past Shakespearean criticism and showing the unsatisfactory results of treating Shakespeare as a pure poet unfettered by time and place, Professor Bradbrook explains how the bare open stage of theatres like the Globe allowed great flexibility of dramatic structure for Shakespeare and his contemporaries; she considers the degree to which the Elizabethan audience influenced the content of the plays and the effects of the conventions and peculiarities of Shakespeare's actors on his dramatic characters. She argues that an increased knowledge of Elizabethan stage conditions can prevent the interference of some preconceptions of our own age and help to make a fruitful separation between historic and appreciative criticism. This essay, long unobtainable, is now made generally available.

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0521072158

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Shakespeare and Elizabethan Poetry

A Study of His Earlier Work in Relation to the Poetry of the Time

By: M. C. Bradbrook

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The Growth and Structure of Elizabethan Comedy

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The School of Night

A Study in the Literary Relationships of Sir Walter Ralegh

By: M. C. Bradbrook

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A Study in the Literary Relationships of Sir Walter Ralegh

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0521248124

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Malcolm Lowry: His Art and Early Life

A Study in Transformation

By: M. C. Bradbrook

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Malcolm Lowry: His Art and Early Life

A Study in Transformation

By: M. C. Bradbrook

This 1975 book corrects and amplifies the record of Malcolm Lowry's early life, recording for the first time one of its crucial incidents. Lowry was an alcoholic and wanderer who turned a failed life into a success of a different order, and which has been recognised only after his death. Like Lowry, Professor Bradbrook was born in Wirral and writes of the scenes of early life with sympathetic understanding. She also knew the Cambridge of the 1930s, when Lowry read English there. Bradbrook considers the critical point of knowledge of Lowry's life, and the ways in which it is absorbed in his writings. This enquiry broadens out into a discussion of the art itself, and will serve as an excellent introduction of Lowry's life.

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Book's by M.C. Bradbrook

Shakespeare

Shakespeare

Shakespeare and Elizabethan Poetry

Shakespeare and Elizabethan Poetry

Themes and Conventions of Elizabethan Tragedy

Themes and Conventions of Elizabethan Tragedy

The School of Night

The School of Night

The Growth and Structure of Elizabethan Comedy

The Growth and Structure of Elizabethan Comedy

Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad

The Rise of the Common Player: Volume 3

The Rise of the Common Player: Volume 3

Shakespeare

Shakespeare

Elizabethan Stage Conditions

Elizabethan Stage Conditions

Shakespeare and Elizabethan Poetry

Shakespeare and Elizabethan Poetry

The Growth and Structure of Elizabethan Comedy

The Growth and Structure of Elizabethan Comedy

The School of Night

The School of Night

Malcolm Lowry: His Art and Early Life

Malcolm Lowry: His Art and Early Life

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