Book DescriptionThis book analyzes the discourses and practices that defined Renaissance theater, as related to the development of encyclopedic texts and vice versa Looking at what "theater" meant to medieval and Renaissance writers and critics, WilliamWest sets Renaissance drama within one of its cultural and intellectual contexts обюди Although the study focuses on the Renaissance, it also draws on and analyzes substantial classical and medieval material It is of equal interest to intellectual historians, theater historians and students of early literature.  Если Вы ведете2003 г 312 стр ISBN 0521809142.