Description
| Product ID: | 9780415187343 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Routledge Anthology of Renaissance Drama |
| Authors: | Author: Hilary Hinds, Simon Barker |
| Page Count: | 472 |
| Subjects: | Anthologies: general, Anthologies (non-poetry), Literary studies: general, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays & playwrights |
| Description: | This anthology offers an introduction to Renaissance theatre in its historical and political contexts, along with newly edited texts of ten plays and a masque. 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 |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2002-10-03 |