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Author:

Shohet, Lauren.

Title:

Reading masques : the English masque and public culture in the seventeenth century / Lauren Shohet.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

viii, 288 p. : ill., music ; 23 cm.

Subject:

English drama--17th century--History and criticism.
Masques, English--History and criticism.
Popular culture and literature--England--History--17th century.
Popular culture--England--History--17th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-270) and index.

Contents:

Horizons of the masque -- Reading -- Interpreting -- The masque and the news -- Politics, epistemology, and public theater -- Conclusion -- Appendix. Texts included in Francis Kirkman's 1661 and 1671 catalogues, in category "M" ; Texts designated masques ("M") in Edward Archer's 1656 catalogue ; Texts designated masques ("M") in William London's 1658 catalogue ; Humphrey Dyson's purchases of masques and entertainments 1610-1630.

Summary:

Considering masques from the point of view of reception as well as production, this work illuminates intersections of elite and public culture in 17th century England. Lauren Shohet traces the ways that both courtly and non-courtly masques circulated, and rethinks what it means to "read" a masque.

ISBN:

0199295891 (hardback)
9780199295890 (hardback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)500822981

LCCN:

2010922417

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)