Writing for the Stage in England, 1660-1710
Kewes, Paulina (Lecturer in English, Department of English, University of Wales, Aberystwyth)
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Hardback
318 pages
10 B&w Illustrations
Published: 1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN / EAN: 0198184689
A study of the cultural and economic status of playwriting between 1660 and 1710. The author argues that this period saw the move towards modern attitudes of dramatic art - which require authors to be the sole begetters of their works - and explores deve