Anthony Munday and Civic Culture: History, Power and Representation in Early Modern London, 1580-1633: Theatre, history and power in early modern London 1580-1633 - Hardcover

Tracey Hill

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0719063825 ISBN 13: 9780719063824

Publisher: Manchester University Press, 2004

Synopsis

Anthony Munday and civic culture is a full-scale study of a fascinating but hitherto neglected author set in the context of the city where he was born, lived and worked. Munday was a contemporary of Shakespeare, Jonson, Middleton and Dekker, amongst others. As a playwright, prose writer, translator, poet, pageant-maker and pamphleteer he was active in all the major literary genres of his day. Now in paperback this study of his diverse works throws fresh light on our understanding of this significant period. A wide range of Munday's texts are explored in depth, including plays, original prose works, translations, Lord Mayor's Shows, and his editions of John Stow's 'Survey of London'. Hill employs an interdisciplinary methodology drawing on history, biography, literary criticism and topography. She explores historical sources as well as literary texts and the book will appeal to students and scholars of both early modern literature and history as well as to cultural geographers. -- .

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Review:

Hill provides a useful sense of the complex ways in which status was determined and negotiated in early modern England. --Studies in English Literature 1500-1900, Vol 46, Spring 2006, No 2

About the Author:

Tracey Hill is Principal Lecturer and Subject Leader in English at Bath Spa University College -- .

About this edition

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0719063825
• ISBN 13: 9780719063824
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224