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Book Philip Massinger and John Fletcher a Comparison

Download or read book Philip Massinger and John Fletcher a Comparison written by Henri Jacob Makkink and published by Ardent Media. This book was released on 1929 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Philip Massinger and John Fletcher

Download or read book Philip Massinger and John Fletcher written by Henri Jacob Makkink and published by Ardent Media. This book was released on 1927 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An attempt to establish the authorship of those plays which the two wrote together, & those parts of others which were rewritten or revised by Massinger.

Book Court and Country Politics in the Plays of Beaumont and Fletcher

Download or read book Court and Country Politics in the Plays of Beaumont and Fletcher written by Philip J. Finkelpearl and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The seventeenth-century English collaborative authors Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher were not only the most popular playwrights of their day but also literary figures highly esteemed by the great critics of the age, Jonson and Dryden. Concentrating on the passions of the royalty and high nobility in a courtly atmosphere, their dramas are now usually seen as epitomizing a decadent turn in theater at the end of the Jacobean period. Philip Finkelpearl sets out to change this view by revealing the subtle political challenges contained in the plays and by showing that they criticize rather than exemplify false values. The result is a wholly new conception of this pair of dramatists and of the entire question of the relationship between the Crown and the theater in their time. Finkelpearl presents new biographical material revealing that Beaumont and Fletcher had good and sufficient reasons to be critical of the court and the king, and he shows that their most important works--especially The Knight of the Burning Pestle, Philaster, A King and No King, and The Maid's Tragedy have such criticism as a central concern. Court and Country Politics in the Plays of Beaumont and Fletcher offers much information on the nature of the "public" and "private" theaters at which these plays were presented and on Jacobean censorship. The book is an impressive explanation of why Beaumont and Fletcher were a central force in the Age of Shakespeare. Originally published in 1990. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Book Studies in Beaumont  Fletcher  and Massinger

Download or read book Studies in Beaumont Fletcher and Massinger written by Baldwin Maxwell and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1939 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Devil and the Sacred in English Drama  1350   1642

Download or read book The Devil and the Sacred in English Drama 1350 1642 written by John D. Cox and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-10-17 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Cox tells the intriguing story of stage devils from their earliest appearance in English plays to the closing of the theatres by parliamentary order in 1642. The book represents a major revision of E. K. Chambers' ideas of stage devils in The Medieval Stage (1903), arguing that this is not a history of gradual secularization, as scholarship has maintained for the last century, but rather that stage devils were profoundly shaped from the outset by the assumptions of sacred drama and retained this shape virtually unchanged until the advent of permanent commercial theatres near London. The book spans both medieval and Renaissance drama including the medieval Mystery cycles on the one hand, through to plays by Greene, Marlowe, Shakespeare (1 and 2 Henry VI), Jonson, Middleton and Davenant. An appendix lists all known devil plays in English from the beginning to 1642.

Book The Cambridge History of English Literature  The drama to 1642  pt  1 2

Download or read book The Cambridge History of English Literature The drama to 1642 pt 1 2 written by Alfred Rayney Waller and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Delphi Complete Works of Philip Massinger  Illustrated

Download or read book Delphi Complete Works of Philip Massinger Illustrated written by Philip Massinger and published by Delphi Classics. This book was released on 2020-06-22 with total page 4600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The English Jacobean and Caroline playwright, Philip Massinger was celebrated for his comedic genius, finely plotted plays, social realism and incisive satire. Following the death of Shakespeare in 1616 and Fletcher in 1625, Massinger became the leading playwright of the King's Men's. His most popular and influential play, ‘A New Way to Pay Old Debts’ expresses a timeless indignation at economic oppression and social disorder, while ‘The City Madam’ deals with similar evils, combining naturalistic and symbolic modes. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Massinger’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare plays and poetry, concise introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Massinger’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major works * All 38 plays, with individual contents tables * Features many rare plays appearing for the first time in digital publishing * Includes Nicholas Rowe’s ‘The Fair Penitent’, the 1632 adaptation of Massinger’s ‘The Fatal Dowry’ * Excellent formatting of the plays * Useful Glossary of Jacobean Language * Massinger’s rare poetry, available in no other collection * Easily locate the poems and scenes you want to read * Features two biographies, including Cruickshank’s seminal study – explore Massinger’s intriguing life * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse our range of Elizabethan and Jacobean playwrights CONTENTS: The Solo Plays The Maid of Honour (c. 1621) The Duke of Milan (c. 1621) The Unnatural Combat (c. 1621) The Bondman (1623) The Renegado (1624) The Parliament of Love (1624) A New Way to Pay Old Debts (1625) The Roman Actor (1626) The Great Duke of Florence (1627) The Picture (1629) The Emperor of the East (1631) Believe as You List (c. 1631) The City Madam (1632) The Guardian (1633) The Bashful Lover (1636) Collaborations with John Fletcher Sir John van Olden Barnavelt (1619) The Little French Lawyer (c. 1619) A Very Woman (c. 1620) The Custom of the Country (c. 1620) The Double Marriage (c. 1620) The False One (c. 1620) The Prophetess (1622) The Sea Voyage (1622) The Spanish Curate (1622) The Lovers’ Progress; or, The Wandering Lovers (1623) The Elder Brother (c. 1625) Collaborations with John Fletcher and Francis Beaumont Thierry and Theodoret (c. 1607) The Coxcomb (1608) Beggars’ Bush (c. 1612) Love’s Cure (c. 1612) Collaborations with John Fletcher and Nathan Field The Honest Man’s Fortune (1613) The Queen of Corinth (c. 1616) The Knight of Malta (c. 1619) Collaboration with Nathan Field The Fatal Dowry (c. 1619) The Fair Penitent (1632) by Nicholas Rowe Collaboration with John Fletcher, John Ford, and William Rowley/John Webster The Fair Maid of the Inn (1626) Collaboration with John Fletcher, Ben Jonson and George Chapman Rollo Duke of Normandy, or The Bloody Brother (c. 1616) Collaboration with Thomas Dekker The Virgin Martyr (1620) Collaboration with Thomas Middleton and William Rowley The Old Law (c. 1615) The Poetry Miscellaneous Poems The Biographies Life of Massinger (1830) Philip Massinger (1920) by Alfred Hamilton Cruickshank Glossary of Jacobean Language Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

Book Time and Gender on the Shakespearean Stage

Download or read book Time and Gender on the Shakespearean Stage written by Sarah Lewis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-24 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses the cultural and theatrical intersections of early modern temporal concepts and gendered identities. Through close readings of the works of Shakespeare, Middleton, Dekker, Heywood and others, across the genres of domestic comedy, city comedy and revenge tragedy, Sarah Lewis shows how temporal tropes are used to delineate masculinity and femininity on the early modern stage, and vice versa. She sets out the ways in which the temporal constructs of patience, prodigality and revenge, as well as the dramatic identities that are built from those constructs, and the experience of playgoing itself, negotiate a fraught opposition between action in the moment and delay in the duration. This book argues that looking at time through the lens of gender, and gender through the lens of time, is crucial if we are to develop our understanding of the early modern cultural construction of both.

Book The Maids Tragedy

    Book Details:
  • Author : Francis Fletcher, John Beaumont
  • Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
  • Release : 2019-09-25
  • ISBN : 3734092574
  • Pages : 102 pages

Download or read book The Maids Tragedy written by Francis Fletcher, John Beaumont and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2019-09-25 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The Maids Tragedy by Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher

Book The Cambridge History of English Literature

Download or read book The Cambridge History of English Literature written by Sir Adolphus William Ward and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Philip Massinger

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alfred Hamilton Cruickshank
  • Publisher : Good Press
  • Release : 2020-03-16
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 299 pages

Download or read book Philip Massinger written by Alfred Hamilton Cruickshank and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2020-03-16 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Philip Massinger" by Alfred Hamilton Cruickshank is a comprehensive and insightful literary biography that sheds light on the life and works of the renowned English playwright, Philip Massinger. Cruickshank's meticulous research and literary analysis bring to life the creative genius behind Massinger's remarkable plays. This biography offers a captivating glimpse into the literary world of Elizabethan and Jacobean drama and the profound impact of Massinger's contributions.

Book English Tragedy

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ashley H. Thorndike
  • Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
  • Release : 1975
  • ISBN : 9780815402374
  • Pages : 406 pages

Download or read book English Tragedy written by Ashley H. Thorndike and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1975 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com.

Book A catechism of English literature

Download or read book A catechism of English literature written by James Nash (of Nice.) and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Money and Magic in Early Modern Drama

Download or read book Money and Magic in Early Modern Drama written by David Hawkes and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-12-01 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Money, magic and the theatre were powerful forces in early modern England. Money was acquiring an independent, efficacious agency, as the growth of usury allowed financial signs to reproduce without human intervention. Magic was coming to seem Satanic, as the manipulation of magical signs to performative purposes was criminalized in the great 'witch craze.' And the commercial, public theatre was emerging – to great controversy – as the perfect medium to display, analyse and evaluate the newly autonomous power of representation in its financial, magical and aesthetic forms. Money and Magic in Early Modern Drama is especially timely in the current era of financial deregulation and derivatives, which are just as mysterious and occult in their operations as the germinal finance of 16th-century London. Chapters examine the convergence of money and magic in a wide range of early modern drama, from the anonymous Mankind through Christopher Marlowe to Ben Jonson, concentrating on such plays as The Alchemist, The New Inn and The Staple of News. Several focus on Shakespeare, whose analysis of the relations between finance, witchcraft and theatricality is particularly acute in Timon of Athens, The Comedy of Errors, Antony and Cleopatra and The Winter's Tale.

Book An Outline of English Literature

Download or read book An Outline of English Literature written by John Alexander Hammerton and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Tragedy

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ashley Horace Thorndike
  • Publisher : DigiCat
  • Release : 2022-09-16
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 385 pages

Download or read book Tragedy written by Ashley Horace Thorndike and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-16 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Tragedy" by Ashley Horace Thorndike. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Book The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Contemporary Dramatists

Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Contemporary Dramatists written by Ton Hoenselaars and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-11 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While Shakespeare's popularity has continued to grow, so has the attention paid to the work of his contemporaries. The contributors to this Companion introduce the distinctive drama of these playwrights, from the court comedies of John Lyly to the works of Richard Brome in the Caroline era. With chapters on a wide range of familiar and lesser-known dramatists, including Thomas Kyd, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson, John Webster, Thomas Middleton and John Ford, this book devotes particular attention to their personal and professional relationships, occupational rivalries and collaborations. Overturning the popular misconception that Shakespeare wrote in isolation, it offers a new perspective on the most impressive body of drama in the history of the English stage.