TY  - BOOK
AU  - Angus, Bill
TI  - Metadrama And The Informer In Shakespeare And Jonson 
SN  - 9781474431606
U1  - 822.3 
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Edinburgh
PB  - Edinburgh University Press
KW  - English Literature
N2  - Explores disturbing connections between authors and informers revealed in the metadrama of Shakespeare and JonsonHave you ever wondered what was really going on in the inner-plays, secret overhearing, and tacit observations of early modern drama? Taking on the shadowy figure of the early modern informer, this book argues that far more than mere artistic experimentation is happening here. In case studies of metadramatic plays, and the devices which Shakespeare and Jonson constantly revisit, this book offers critical insight into intrinsic connections between informers and authors, discovering an uneasy sense of common practice at the core of the metadrama, which drives both its self-awareness and its paranoia
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