Autoelogio y mecenazgo teatral:Las dedicatorias del Teatro de la Restauración inglesa (1660-1700)
- Antonio Holguera Cabrera (coord.)
- Ester Prieto Ustio (coord.)
- María Uriondo Lozano (coord.)
Verlag: Secretariado de Recursos Audiovisuales y Nuevas Tecnologías ; Editorial de la Universidad de Sevilla
ISBN: 9788417337247
Datum der Publikation: 2018
Seiten: 524-534
Kongress: Congreso Internacional Coleccionismo, Mecenazgo y Mercado Artístico (2. 2017. Sevilla)
Art: Konferenz-Beitrag
Zusammenfassung
The practice of dedications was widespread in printed playtexts during the second half of the 17th century in England. The support of the great was paramount, given the precarious situation of professional playwrights. Their earnings consisted only in the third-night benefit and the payment for publication rights. Dedications afforded authors an occasion to cement patronage relations by making them public, derive new profits, enhance their prestige, or even try to compensate for the lack of success on the stage. The present work analyses one of the strategies most often employed for this purpose in dedicatory epistles, the resort to self-praise, focusing on references to acclaim and marks of favour shown by either the dedicatee or other influential people.