Sager, Jenny. The aesthetics of spectacle in early modern drama and modern cinema : Robert Greene's theatre of attractions

General notes

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents

Introduction -- The aesthetics of spectacle -- Stage properties -- The Leviathan in Thomas Lodge and Robert Greene's A looking glass for London and England -- Resurrecting the body in James IV -- The brazen head in Alphonsus, King of Aragon and Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay -- Stage conventions -- Madness and creativity in Orlando Furioso -- The aesthetics of violence in Selimus -- Conclusion