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: | 9781138234956 |
| Publication date: | 25th September 2018 |
| Author: | Elissa Hare |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 212 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Library Editions: Renaissance Drama |
| Genres: |
Performing arts Theatre studies Creative writing and creative writing guides Theatre direction and production Literary studies: plays and playwrights Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600 Literary studies: general |