Experiencing Drama in the English Renaissance: Readers and Audiences (Routledge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture)

This book investigates the complex interactions, through experiencing drama, of readers and audiences in the English Renaissance. Around 1500 an absolute majority of population was illiterate. Henry VIII's religious reformation changed this cultural structure of society. 'The Act for the Advancement of True Religion' of 1543, which prohibited the people belonging to the lower classes of society as well as women from reading the Bible, rather suggests that there already existed a number of these folks actively engaged in reading. The Act did not ban the works of Chaucer and Gower and stories of men's lives - good reading for them. The successive sovereigns' educational policies also contributed to rising literacy. This trend was speeded up by London's growing population which invited the rise of commercial playhouses since 1567. Every citizen saw on average about seven performances every year: that is, about three per cent of London's population saw a performance a day. From 1586 onwards merchants' appearance in best-seller literature began to increase while stage representation of reading/writing scenes also increased and stimulated audiences towards reading. This was spurred by standardisation of the printing format of playbooks in the early 1580s and play-minded readers went to playbooks, eventually to create a class of playbook readers. Late in the 1590s, at last, playbooks matched with prose writings in ratio to all publications. Parts I and II of this book discuss these topics in numerical terms as much as possible and Part III discusses some monumental characteristics of contemporary readers of Chapman, Ford, Marston and Shakespeare.

Literature & Fiction

Yamada, Akihiro

History & Criticism

Routledge

This book investigates the complex interactions, through experiencing drama, of readers and audiences in the English Renaissance. Around 1500 an absolute majority of population was illiterate. Henry VIII’s religious reformation changed this cultural structure of society. ‘The Act for the Advancement of True Religion’ of 1543, which prohibited the people belonging to the lower classes of society as well as women from reading the Bible, rather suggests that there already existed a number of these folks actively engaged in reading. The Act did not ban the works of Chaucer and Gower and stories of men’s lives – good reading for them. The successive sovereigns’ educational policies also contributed to rising literacy. This trend was speeded up by London’s growing population which invited the rise of commercial playhouses since 1567. Every citizen saw on average about seven performances every year: that is, about three per cent of London’s population saw a performance a day. From 1586 onwards merchants’ appearance in best-seller literature began to increase while stage representation of reading/writing scenes also increased and stimulated audiences towards reading. This was spurred by standardisation of the printing format of playbooks in the early 1580s and play-minded readers went to playbooks, eventually to create a class of playbook readers. Late in the 1590s, at last, playbooks matched with prose writings in ratio to all publications. Parts I and II of this book discuss these topics in numerical terms as much as possible and Part III discusses some monumental characteristics of contemporary readers of Chapman, Ford, Marston and Shakespeare.

Dramas & Plays

CPM Manga is proud to present our second Lodoss graphic novel, The Lady of Pharis. Kind of like Curse of Spawn is to Spawn, this series spins off tales of the other characters who inhabit the haunted, war-torn and magical island of Lodoss. Lady of Pharis introduces new Lodoss characters including the heroine, Flaus, a savage warrior fire maiden, who leaves her evil master to live a life of her own amid the demons and vampires of Lodoss. She meets Wort and Beld, who join her quest to find the legendary King Fahn. They journey to Allania where they are tested to the limit in defending Lodoss from the horned Beast and the powerful witch Mana! The art is beautifully rendered by Akihiro Yamada, who adds the influences of English fantasy illustrators like Arthur Rackham to his own manga style. The story is masterfully crafted by series creator Ryu Mizuno.

Record Lodoss War Lady of Pharis: The Lady of Pharis (Record of Lodoss War (Graphic Novels))

Mizuno, Ryo

Central Park Media Corp

Confrontation with the Demon Lord! This is the conflict where the future of Lodoss will be decided. The forces of light and darkness are at odds and only a rag-tag band of warriors stands between a powerful succubus and the destruction of all creation.

Record Lodoss War Lady of Pharis Collector's Ed 2: The Lady of Pharis (Record of Lodoss War (Graphic Novels))

Comics & Graphic Novels

Manga

Record of Lodoss War La Dama de Faris integral

Planeta Cómic

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