‘the strategy with cunning shows’: the aesthetics of spectacle in the plays of Robert Greene

Thesis

This is the first full-scale study of Robert Greene’s drama, offering a new interpretation of the dramatic oeuvre of one Shakespeare’s most neglected literary predecessors. Recent criticism has emphasised Greene’s pioneering role as an author of Elizabethan romance. Yet, in contrast to the numerous prose works which were printed during his life time, his drama, which was printed posthumously, has received little attention.

Greene’s plays are visually magnificent: madmen wander on s...

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Authors: Sager, J; Dr Jenny Emma Sager

• Publication date: 2012
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: Oxford University, UK
• Language: English
• Keywords: early modern drama; spectacle; Robert Greene
• Subjects: English Language and Literature; Dramatic arts; History; History of the book; Early modern English literature (1550 ? 1780); Shakespeare; Early Modern Britain and Europe