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Synopsis
List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Abbreviations Conventions Introduction 1. The Aesthetics of Spectacle 2. Stage Properties 3. The Leviathan in Thomas Lodge and Robert Greene's A Looking Glass 4. Resurrecting the Body in James IV 5. The Brazen Head in Alphonsu s and Friar Bacon and Friar Bac o n 6. Stage Conventions 7. Madness and Creativity in Orlando Furioso 8. The Aesthetics of Violence in Selimus Conclusion Bibliography Index
Synopsis
Examining the work of the Elizabethan playwright, Robert Greene, this book argues that Greene's plays are innovative in their use of spectacle. Its most striking feature is the use of the one-to-one analogies between Greene's drama and modern cinema, in order to explore the plays' stage effects.