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Beschreibung
This New Mermaids anthology brings together the four most popular and widely studied of Thomas Middleton's plays - Women Beware Women; The Changeling; The Roaring Girl and A Chaste Maid in Cheapside - with a new introduction by William Carroll, examining the plays in the context of early modern theatre, culture and politics, as well as their language, characters and themes. On-page commentary notes guide students to a better understanding and combine to make this an indispensable student edition ideal for study and classroom use from A Level upwards.
This New Mermaids anthology brings together the four most popular and widely studied of Thomas Middleton's plays - Women Beware Women; The Changeling; The Roaring Girl and A Chaste Maid in Cheapside - with a new introduction by William Carroll, examining the plays in the context of early modern theatre, culture and politics, as well as their language, characters and themes. On-page commentary notes guide students to a better understanding and combine to make this an indispensable student edition ideal for study and classroom use from A Level upwards.
Über den Autor
Thomas Middleton (1570-1627) was an English dramatist, who excelled in both comedy and tragedy. Whilst his so-called 'city comedies' provide insight into 17th-century London life and manners, his tragedies are noted for their richly poetic verse, their emphasis on guilt and corruption, and their understanding of feminine psychology. His admirer T. S. Eliot wrote: "Middleton was a great observer of human nature, without fear, without sentiment, without prejudice." Middleton's first plays were acted by boy companies at Blackfriars Theatre and other venues. He often worked in collaboration with other dramatists for the theatre owner Philip Henslowe. With Thomas Dekker (c. 1570-1632) he wrote The Honest Whore(1604) and The Roaring Girl(1610), and with William Rowley he produced the powerful tragedy The Changeling(1622). Some modern scholars also believe that the texts we now have of Shakespeare's Macbethand Measure for Measurewere substantially altered by Middleton. The Revenger's Tragedy (1606) is now generally attributed to Middleton, rather than Cyril Tourneur. Middleton's social comedies include A Trick to Catch the Old One (1604-05), which provided the basis for Philip Massinger's A New Way to Pay Old Debts(1623), A Mad World, My Masters(1605), which introduced Sir Bounteous Progress, a lively country gentleman who is generous to all except his heir Dick Follywit, and A Chaste Maid in Cheapside (1619), which satirized ordinary Londoners. Other works include the tragedy Women Beware Women(1621) and the political satire A Game of Chess(1624), about the futile efforts to unite the royal houses of England (represented by the White Knight) and Spain (the Black Knight). The play drew huge crowds to the Globe Theatre but the Spanish ambassador protested and James I had A Game of Chess banned after only nine performances. It proved equally popular in print.
Zusammenfassung
New Mermaids offer greater annotation and longer introductions than competing editions
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction, Women Beware Women, The Changeling, The Roaring Girl and A Chaste Maid in Cheapside
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Genre: Importe, Lyrik & Dramatik
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: New Mermaids
ISBN-13: 9781408156582
ISBN-10: 140815658X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Middleton, Thomas
Redaktion: Carroll, William C.
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Academic
Methuen Drama
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Abbildungen: Illustrations (black and white)
Maße: 198 x 129 x 30 mm
Von/Mit: Thomas Middleton
Erscheinungsdatum: 17.08.2012
Gewicht: 0,588 kg
Artikel-ID: 106488905

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