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Staging favorites : theatrical representations of political favoritism in the early modern courts of Spain, France, and England / Francisco Gómez Martos.

By: Gómez Martos, Francisco [author.]Material type: Text

TextSeries: Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2021Description: 1 online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781003083481; 100308348X; 9781000179200; 1000179206; 9781000179286; 1000179281; 9781000179248; 1000179249Subject(s): European drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism | Favorites, Royal, in literature | Courts and courtiers in literature | Authors and patrons -- Europe -- History -- 17th century | Theater -- Europe -- History -- 17th century | Europe -- Courts and courtiers -- History -- 17th century | HISTORY / GeneralDDC classification: 809.2/9352621 LOC classification: PN1831Online resources: Taylor & Francis | OCLC metadata license agreement

Contents:

Introduction -- Dramas on favorites: history and theory -- Favorites in Spanish drama: La paciencia en la fortuna -- Favorites in French drama: Le favori, ou la coquette -- Favorites in English drama: Sejanus his fall -- Conclusion.

Summary: "Staging Favorites explores theatrical representations of royal favorites in Spanish, French, and English dramatic production during the late-sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. During this time, the courts of Spain, France, and England were dominated by all-powerful ministers who enjoyed royal favor. The politics of royal favoritism gave rise to a significant group of plays which constitutes the subject of this book. While scholars have studied this group partially and separately in national context, Staging Favorites approaches these "dramas about favorites" from a wider European point of view, and performs comparative analyses of a number of plays - including La paciencia en la fortuna; Le Favori, ou la Coquette; and Sejanus his Fall - and adds new detail and differentiation to the early modern perception and representation of the royal favorite. This book will appeal to scholars and students interested in early modern literature, history of theatre, and cultural history"-- Provided by publisher.

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"Staging Favorites explores theatrical representations of royal favorites in Spanish, French, and English dramatic production during the late-sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. During this time, the courts of Spain, France, and England were dominated by all-powerful ministers who enjoyed royal favor. The politics of royal favoritism gave rise to a significant group of plays which constitutes the subject of this book. While scholars have studied this group partially and separately in national context, Staging Favorites approaches these "dramas about favorites" from a wider European point of view, and performs comparative analyses of a number of plays - including La paciencia en la fortuna; Le Favori, ou la Coquette; and Sejanus his Fall - and adds new detail and differentiation to the early modern perception and representation of the royal favorite. This book will appeal to scholars and students interested in early modern literature, history of theatre, and cultural history"-- Provided by publisher.

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