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Cover image for book The Aesthetics of Spectacle in Early Modern Drama and Modern Cinema

The Aesthetics of Spectacle in Early Modern Drama and Modern Cinema

Robert Greene's Theatre of Attractions
By:J. Sager
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9781137332394
eText ISBN:9781137332400
Edition:0
Copyright:2013
Format:Reflowable

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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.