The book, first published in 1988, examines the role of magic in Elizabethan and Shakespearean theatre. The author observes how certain plays, including Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Tempest, rationalise the unrealism and improbabilities typical of romantic comedy as miracles wrought by specifically magical intervention. The author also explores the ways in which playwrights justify structural discontinuity by the working of magic. This title will be of interest to students of English Literature, Drama and Performance.
| ISBN: | 9781138234949 |
| Publication date: | 23rd March 2017 |
| Author: | Elissa Beatrice Hare |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 208 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Library Editions. Renaissance Drama |
| Genres: |
The arts: general topics Theatre studies Classic and pre-20th century plays Literary studies: plays and playwrights |