Early Modern Academic Drama - Paul D. Streufert

In This Essay Collection, The Contributors Contend That Academic Drama Represents An Important, But Heretofore Understudied, Site Of Cultural Production In Early Modern England. Focusing On Plays That Were Written And Performed In Academic Environments Such As Oxford University, Cambridge University, Grammar Schools, And The Inns Of Court, The Scholars Investigate How Those Plays Strive To Give Dramatic Coherence To Issues Of Religion, Politics, Gender, Pedagogy, Education, And Economics. Of Particular Significance Are The Shifting Political And Religious Contentions That So Frequently Shaped Both The Cultural Questions Addressed By The Plays, And The Sorts Of Dramatic Stories That Were Most Conducive To The Exploration Of Such Questions.