Intelligence and Metadrama in the Early Modern Theatre - by Bill Angus (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p><em>Intelligence and Metadrama in the Early Modern Theatre</em> offers insight into why the early modern stage abounds with informer and intelligencer figures. </p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>Explores intrinsic connections between early modern intelligencers and metadrama in the plays of Shakespeare's contemporaries</strong></p> <p><em>Intelligence and Metadrama in the Early Modern Theatre</em> 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.</p> <p><strong>Key Features</strong></p> <ul> <li>Offers insight into the internal workings and motivations of the drama of Shakespeare's contemporaries</li> <li>Opens a new window on the ambitions, concerns, and fears of these important authors</li> <li>Enhances historical understanding of the place of the intelligencer in the society and the structures of authority within which the drama was produced</li></ul><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>Explores intrinsic connections between early modern intelligencers and metadrama in the plays of Shakespeare's contemporaries Intelligence 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. Bill Angus is Lecturer at Massey University.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Bill Angus is a Senior Lecturer in Early Modern Literature at Massey University, New Zealand. His main research interest has been in metadrama and the material conditions of its provenance. His first two monographs are <i>Metadrama and the Informer in Shakespeare and Jonson</i> (Edinburgh University Press, 2016), and <i>Intelligence and Metadrama in the Early Modern Theatre </i> (EUP, 2018). He has also published on subjects ranging from early modern religious artefacts to the historical roots of the mythology of popular music.<p>
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