London, England and Beyond: Social Transformations in Richard Brome's "The Sparagus Garden"

• Authors: Christine Moyrer

Title variants

London, England and Beyond: Social Transformations in Richard Brome's "The Sparagus Garden"

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

PL

Richard Brome’s The Sparagus Garden (1635) unfolds against the backdrop of the rapidly transforming urban and social landscapes of Caroline London. This paper argues that this play is deeply implicated in the discursive processes of appropriating and understanding London’s shifting urban and social topographies. Abounding with topical and topographical allusions, the play has long drawn critical interest mainly for its documentary qualities and its exploitation of the short-lived theatrical vogue for ‘place-realism’. Spatial mobility, changes in the city’s urban landscape and the play’s insistent questioning of fundamental categories of social status, belonging and identity have taken centre stage, as critics have acknowledged that the play addresses and negotiates pressing anxieties of a society in flux.

Keywords

EN

Richard Brome; Caroline drama; The Sparagus Garden; London; London comedy; place-realism; identity

PL

Richard Brome; dramat karoliński; The Sparagus Garden; Londyn; komedia londyńska; realizm miejsca; tożsamość

• Publisher: Księgarnia Akademicka
• Journal: Studia Historyczne
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 60
• Issue: 2 (238)
• Pages: 31-46

Dates

published

2017-06-30

Contributors

author

Christine Moyrer

• Universität des Saarlandes

Identifiers

DOI

10.12797/SH.60.2017.02.03