{"product_id":"politics-of-tragicomedy","title":"Politics of Tragicomedy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Politics of Tragicomedy: Shakespeare and After\u003c\/em\u003e offers a series of sophisticated and powerful readings of tragicomedy from Shakespeare’s late plays to the drama of the Interregnum. Rejecting both the customary chronological span bounded by the years 1603-42 (which presumes dramatic activity stopped with the closing of the theatres) and the negative critical attitudes that have dogged the study of tragicomedy, the essays in this collection examine a series of issues central to the possibility of a politics for the genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndividual essays offer important contributions to continuing debates over the role of the drama in the years preceding the Civil War, the colonial contexts of \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e, the political character of Jonson’s late plays, and the agency of women as public and theatre actors. The introduction presents a strong challenge to previous definitions of tragicomedy in the English context, and the collection as a whole is characterized by its rejection of absolutist strategies for reading tragicomedy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection will prove essential reading for all with an interest in the politics of Renaissance drama; for specialists in the work of Shakespeare, Fletcher, and Jonson; for those interested in genre and dramatic forms; and for historians of early Stuart England.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54232383521112,"sku":"9780367680190","price":132.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780367680190_895a64d6-549f-4103-9019-50ba7f9c9d6d.jpg?v=1768999525","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/politics-of-tragicomedy","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}