Reviews for Unediting the Renaissance: Shakespeare, Marlowe, Milton

The average rating for Unediting the Renaissance: Shakespeare, Marlowe, Milton based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-01-17 00:00:00 Walter Ray Williams Jr For an academic book, written by a university scholar and Doctor of Philosophy, it was surprising to see so many grammatical errors and spelling mistakes. D. Keith Peacock resides at the University of Hull, but with the books frequent use of US spelling variants, it is assumed to be an American publication. Moreover, the constant reiteration of figures makes it unreadable, and if the reader is not a mathematician, in some instances unbearable. There are some good qualities to the book though, it is not all that bad. Thatcher's Theatre: British Theatre and Drama in the Eighties reveals how certain productions have responded throughout the ages, and are still responding, to Margaret Thatcher's policies and ideology. Chapter 2, details the 'Winter of Discontent', who was affected by the new laws brought into place, and how revolutionary groups formed to protest against censorship and enormous cuts, and in fact the start of no funding what so ever to the arts, which was to continue under Thatcher's reign. The 20th of June Group was established, which consisted of some of the most brilliant writers, such as Ian McEwan, Germaine Greer, Angela Carter, and Salmon Rushdie. Peacock writes, 'their common concerns were dissatisfaction with Margaret Thatcher, opposition to censorship, and support of civil liberties which were being eroded by government actions such as its introduction of clause 28 (later section 28) of the 1988 Local Government Act. It is a surprise the English Shakespeare Company is not mentioned much in this book. Michael Bogdanov's Romans in Britain is brought to the forefront, as opposing Thatcher's censorship and section 28, and t is mentioned again towards the end. But it felt there was too much focus throughout on statistics, but maybe Peacock is accentuating how this period partly annihilated the entertainment industry, with no funding being given to theatres at all, which saw the closure of many art institutions and this is something the industry is even today trying to recover from. There are some playwrights and productions I had not heard of before and will be interested to find out more about. Such as the feminist Lizbeth Goodman, playwright Kwesi Owusu, and the feminist and artistic director, Timberlake Wertenbaker. If you are able to persevere with the statistics, US spellings, and grammatical errors, this is not the worst book available. But be prepared to be overloaded with information.

Review # 2 was written on 2010-09-09 00:00:00 Dan Allen در حقيقت،مرگ نه نقطه مقابل زيبايى، بلكه بخشى از آن است_درنگِ مرگ به اذن زيبايى ست