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The Media Players: Shakespeare, Middleton, Jonson, and the Idea of News
Stephen Wittek
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Description for The Media Players: Shakespeare, Middleton, Jonson, and the Idea of News
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3J; DSGS; HBLH; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 525.
The Media Players: Shakespeare, Middleton, Jonson, and the Idea of News builds a case for the central, formative function of Shakespeare’s theater in the news culture of early modern England. In an analysis that combines historical research with recent developments in public sphere theory, Dr. Stephen Wittek argues that the unique discursive space created by commercial theater helped to foster the conceptual framework that made news possible.
Dr. Wittek’s analysis focuses on the years between 1590 and 1630, an era of extraordinary advances in English news culture that begins with the first instance of serialized news in England ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
166
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472052813
SKU
V9780472052813
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Stephen Wittek
Stephen Wittek is a post-doctoral fellow at McGill University, where he received his PhD in Literature.
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