 | Practicing the City: Early Modern London on Stage Subjects: London (England) -- In literature; English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan 1500–1600 -- History and criticism; English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism; City and town life in literature; Theater and society -- England -- London -- His; Explores the theater's unprecedented focus on the contemporary city in early modern London. Examines plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries to consider how this new, experimental theater created a medium for urban plurality, opening up a reflexive space within which diverse populations might begin to "practice" the city. Levine Nina : Nina Levine is Associate Professor of English at the University of South Carolina. |
