The Absence of America: The London Stage, 1576-1642 (Early Modern Literary Geographies)

Synopsis

'the Absence Of America' Looks At London Theatre At The Time Of Shakespeare And How It Represented The New World, Considering Whether Early Modern Drama Was Anti-american, As Some Contemporaries Suggested. Introduction: Where America, The Indies? : London Theater And The New World -- I. Adventurers And Cannibals. -- 1. The Devil, The Papist, The Player : The Virginia Company's Anti-theatricalism -- 2. Plantation And The Powdered Wife : The Roaring Girl, Eastward Ho!, And The Sea Voyage -- Ii. Indians And Londoners. -- 3. The Dead Indian : Virginians In The Memorable Masque, The Triumph Of Time, Henry Viii, And The Tempest Of 1613 -- He Would Not Goe Naked Like The Indians, But Cloathed Just As One Of Our Selves : Indian Disguise In The Historie Of Orlando Furioso, The Fatal Marriage, And The City Madam -- Afterword: Scene, Virginia : America And Heroic Drama On The Restoration Stage. Gavin Hollis. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [227]-248) And Index.