The Routledge Anthology of Renaissance Drama

Simon Barker (Curatore)

Hilary Hinds (Curatore)

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2002

This anthology offers a full introduction to Renaissance theatre in its historical and political context, along with newly edited and thoroughly annotated texts of the following plays: * The Spanish Tragedy (Thomas Kyd) * Arden of Faversham (Anon.) * Edward II (Christopher Marlowe) * A Woman Killed with Kindness (Thomas Heywood) * The Tragedy of Mariam (Elizabeth Cary) * The Masque of Blackness (Ben Jonson) * The Knight of the Burning Pestle (Francis Beaumont) * Epicoene, or the Silent Woman (Ben Jonson) * The Roaring Girl (Thomas Middleton & Thomas Dekker) * The Changeling (Thomas Middleton & William Rowley) * 'Tis Pity She's a Whore (John Ford). Each play is prefaced by an introductory headnote discussing the thematic focus of the play and its textual history, and is cross-referenced to other plays of the period that relate thematically and generically. An accompanying website contains a wide selection of contextual documents which supplement the anthology: www.routledge.com/textbooks/0415187346

• Curatore: Simon Barker, Hilary Hinds
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Anno: 2002
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 472 p.
• Dimensioni: 246 x 189 mm
• Peso: 1020 gr.
• EAN: 9780415187343

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