{"product_id":"introduction-to-english-renaissance-comedy","title":"Introduction to English Renaissance comedy","description":"\u003cp\u003eIntroduction to English Renaissance comedy provides a comprehensive introduction to Elizabethan, Jacobean and Caroline comedy, covering both public and private theatres, emphasising the eclectic, experimental nature of this comedy: its departures from the mainstream New Comedy tradition, its searching, witty analysis of social and personal relations in court, city and country. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book makes a close analysis of some of the richest comedies of the period, making unexpected connections between them: Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Tempest, Lyly's Endymion, Greene's Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay, Marston's The Malcontent, Middleton's Michaelmas Term, Jonson's Bartholomew Fair, Shirley's The Lady of Pleasure and Brome's A Jovial Crew. Through these plays the reader is given a comprehensive picture of English comedy in one of its most creative periods.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54228725596504,"sku":"9780719049651","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780719049651_b439c88a-e956-445d-919c-731e124e16c7.jpg?v=1777122926","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/introduction-to-english-renaissance-comedy","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}