The White Devil: A Critical Reader (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The White Devil is one of the most violent and most fascinating plays in English theatrical history. It is also a notoriously challenging work; this volume offers a practical, accessible and thought-provoking guide to the play, surveying its major themes and critical reception. It also provides a detailed and up-to-date history of the play's performance, beginning with its first staging in 1611 staging and ending with the RSC's 2014 revival. Moving through to four new critical essays, it opens up cutting-edge perspectives on the work, and finishes with a practical guide to pedagogical approaches and resources. Detailing web-based and production-related resources, and including an annotated bibliography of critical works, the guide will equip teachers and facilitate students' understanding of this complex play.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472587411
• Artikelnr.: 45683662

Autorenporträt

Paul Frazer and Adam Hansen

Inhaltsangabe

i] Series Introduction (Andrew Hiscock
University of Wales
Bangor
UK and Lisa Hopkins
Sheffield Hallam University
UK) ii] The White Devil Timeline (Paul Frazer and Adam Hansen
Northumbria University
UK) iii] Introduction (Paul Frazer and Adam Hansen
Northumbria University
UK) iv] The Critical Backstory (Jem Bloomfield
Nottingham University
UK) v] Performance History (Eva Griffith) vii] New Directions: 1. Ritual Dissonance in The White Devil (David Coleman
Queen's University Belfast
UK) 2. Swerving Soteriologies in The White Devil (Paul Frazer
Northumbria University
UK) 3. The White Devil as Political Resistance (Christina Luckyj
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Canada) 4. The Look of Love?: Pornography and The White Devil's 'terrible vision' (Adam Hansen
Northumbria University
UK) viii] Resources (James Hirsh
Georgia State University
USA)