{"product_id":"books-the-arden-guide-to-renaissance-drama-by-brinda-charry","title":"The Arden Guide to Renaissance Drama","description":"The Arden Guide to Renaissance Drama is a single critical and contextual resource for students embarking on an in-depth exploration of early modern drama, providing both critical insight and accessible contextual information. This companion equips students with the information needed to situate the plays in their socio-political, intellectual and literary contexts. Divided into two parts, it introduces students to the major authors and significant dramatic texts of the period and emphasises the importance of both a historicist and close-reading approach to better engage with these works. The Guide offers: ·         primary texts from key early modern scholars such as Machiavelli, Heywood and Sidney ·         contextual information vital to a full understanding of the drama of the period ·         close readings of 14  of the most widely studied play texts by Shakespeare and his contemporaries ·         a single resource to accompany any study of early modern drama This is an ideal companion for students of Renaissance drama, offering students and teachers a range of primary contextual sources to illuminate their understanding alongside close critical readings of the major plays of the period.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53672740552977,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781472572240.jpg?v=1781521087","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-the-arden-guide-to-renaissance-drama-by-brinda-charry","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}