TY  - BOOK
AU  - Angus,Bill
TI  - Intelligence and Metadrama in the Early Modern Theatre
SN  - 9781474432917
U1  - 822.309353 
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - Edinburgh : 
PB  - Edinburgh University Press, 
KW  - Literary Studies
KW  - DRAMA / Shakespeare
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Introduction: Errant Intelligence – The Devil’s Own --; 1 ‘Subtle sleights’: Amity and the Informer in Damon and Pithias --; 2 The Parasites of Machiavel --; 3 The Knight of the Burning Pestle and the Menace of the Audience --; 4 The Reluctant Informer: Humanising the Beast --; 5 Metadrama and the Murderous Nature of Authority --; 6 The Burning Issue: Metadrama and Contested Authority in Chettle’s Hoffman --; Conclusion: No One Is There – Ubiquity and Invisibility --; Index; restricted access
N2  - Explores intrinsic connections between early modern intelligencers and metadrama in the plays of Shakespeare’s contemporariesIntelligence and Metadrama in the Early Modern Theatre offers insight into why the early modern stage abounds with informer and intelligencer figures. Analysing both the nature of intelligence at the time and the metadrama that such characters generate, Angus highlights the significance of intrigue and corruption to dramatic narrative and structure. His study of metadrama reveals some of the most fundamental questions being posed about the legitimacy of authority, authorship and audience interpretation in this seminal era of English drama.Key FeaturesOffers insight into the internal workings and motivations of the drama of Shakespeare’s contemporariesOpens a new window on the ambitions, concerns, and fears of these important authorsEnhances historical understanding of the place of the intelligencer in the society and the structures of authority within which the drama was produced
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474432931
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781474432931
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ER  -