The Emergence of Dramatic Criticism in England
Author | : P. Cannan |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 231 |
Release | : 2016-09-23 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781137037176 |
ISBN-13 | : 1137037172 |
Rating | : 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Emergence of Dramatic Criticism in England written by P. Cannan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-23 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on dramatic criticism, this book explores the self authorizing strategies of writers such as Jonson, Dryden, Aphra Behn, Thomas Rymer, Jeremy Collier and Joseph Addison. Cannan focuses on how they established themselves as critics, and paved the way for the birth of dramatic criticism in seventeenth and early eighteenth-century England.