Eros and Power in English Renaissance Drama

Five Plays by Marlowe, Davenant, Massinger, Ford and Shakespeare
Herausgeber: Perry, Curtis

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Produktbeschreibung

This book features five plays from the English Renaissance that explore political questions and developments by telling stories about the erotic impulses of a ruler. The volume contains fully annotated and modernized versions of Marlowe's Edward II, Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, Massinger's The Duke of Milan, Davenant's The Cruel Brother, and Ford's Love's Sacrifice. The editor provides an introduction, initial discussion, and selected illustration(s) for each play, along with an introduction to erotic politics and the Renaissance-era political mentality. A bibliography includes suggestions for further reading and a list of useful websites for students.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 556
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Januar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 892g
• ISBN-13: 9780786431656
• ISBN-10: 0786431652
• Artikelnr.: 23016499

Autorenporträt

Curtis Perry is a professor of English at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Introduction     
An Editorial Note     
Edward the Second, by Christopher Marlowe     
Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare     
The Duke of Milan by Philip Massinger     
The Cruel Brother by William Davenant     
Love's Sacrifice by John Ford     
Appendix: Useful Websites     
Bibliography     
Index