TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chalk,Brian
TI  - Monuments and literary posterity in early modern drama 
SN  - 9781107558908
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - English drama
KW  - Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - 17th century
KW  - Monuments in literature
KW  - Memorials in literature
KW  - Drama
KW  - Publishing
KW  - England
KW  - History
KW  - 16th century
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-219) and index
N2  - "In spite of the ephemeral nature of performed drama, playwrights such as Marlowe, Jonson, Webster, Fletcher, and Shakespeare were deeply interested in the endurance of their theatrical work and in their own literary immortality. This book re-evaluates the relationship between these early modern dramatists and literary posterity by considering their work within the context of post-Reformation memorialization. Providing fresh analyses of plays by major dramatists, Brian Chalk considers how they depicted monuments and other funeral properties on stage in order to exploit and criticize the rich ambiguities of commemorative rituals. The book also discusses the print history of the plays featured. The subject will attract scholars and upper-level students of Renaissance drama, memory studies, early modern theatre, and print history"--
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