Textual Patronage in English Drama, 1570-1640Ashgate, 2006 - 247 pages Through an investigation of the dedications and addresses from various printed plays of the English Renaissance, David Bergeron recuperates the richness of these prefaces and connects them to the practice of patronage. The prefatory matter discussed ranges from the printer John Day's address to readers (the first of its kind) in the 1570 edition of Gorboduc to Richard Brome's dedication to William Seymour and address to readers in his 1640 play, 'Antipodes'. The study includes discussion of prefaces in plays by Shakespeare's contemporaries as well as Shakespeare himself, among them Marston, Jonson, and Heywood. The book includes an Appendix that lists plays with prefatory dedications and addresses here analyzed. The author uses these prefaces to show that English playwrights, printers and publishers looked in two directions, toward aristocrats and toward a reading public, in order to secure status for and dissemination of dramatic texts. |
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Page 65
... Honors , which the Customary Rites of this Day , And the generall Love of this City bestow upon him . " 23 Not only does the pageant itself embark on an extended allegory , but also the dedication , which begins : " Honor ( this day ) ...
... Honors , which the Customary Rites of this Day , And the generall Love of this City bestow upon him . " 23 Not only does the pageant itself embark on an extended allegory , but also the dedication , which begins : " Honor ( this day ) ...
Page 108
... Honor indeede beeing for a man to conferre Honor on himselfe . " " I am confident , " Webster writes , " this worke is not unworthy your Honors perusal . " But what's in this arrangement for the patron ? Webster answers : " The like ...
... Honor indeede beeing for a man to conferre Honor on himselfe . " " I am confident , " Webster writes , " this worke is not unworthy your Honors perusal . " But what's in this arrangement for the patron ? Webster answers : " The like ...
Page 148
... honor'd Earle , be hastie to our succoure . And , it shall be our care and studye , not to have you repent the tymely benefit you do us , which we will ever gratefullye receive and Multiplye in our acknowledgment . " Not surprisingly ...
... honor'd Earle , be hastie to our succoure . And , it shall be our care and studye , not to have you repent the tymely benefit you do us , which we will ever gratefullye receive and Multiplye in our acknowledgment . " Not surprisingly ...
Contents
The Printing House and Textual Patronage | 23 |
Pageants Masques and Prefaces | 49 |
Women as Patrons of Drama | 73 |
Copyright | |
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