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Thomas Middleton in Context (Literature in Context)
Edited By Suzanne Go
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Description for Thomas Middleton in Context (Literature in Context)
Paperback. An illuminating study of all works in the newly enlarged Middleton canon, placing them in personal, national, international and theatrical contexts. Editor(s): Gossett, Suzanne. Series: Literature in Context. Num Pages: 418 pages, 20 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 258 x 26. Weight in Grams: 600.
The redefinition of the Thomas Middleton canon has led to an explosion of interest in this quintessential Jacobean. Middleton's best-known plays, such as Women Beware Women and The Changeling, are now staged, filmed and rewritten for modern audiences. But Middleton also wrote religious poetry, satires, historical allegory, prose and less familiar plays, collaborating frequently, even with Shakespeare. His works are rooted in his historical and cultural environment, from the Overbury scandal to the fall of the boys' companies. Here, experts in literature, theatre, history, law and religion analyze the complex contexts of Middleton's works, clarifying debates over his religious and ... Read more
The redefinition of the Thomas Middleton canon has led to an explosion of interest in this quintessential Jacobean. Middleton's best-known plays, such as Women Beware Women and The Changeling, are now staged, filmed and rewritten for modern audiences. But Middleton also wrote religious poetry, satires, historical allegory, prose and less familiar plays, collaborating frequently, even with Shakespeare. His works are rooted in his historical and cultural environment, from the Overbury scandal to the fall of the boys' companies. Here, experts in literature, theatre, history, law and religion analyze the complex contexts of Middleton's works, clarifying debates over his religious and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Series
Literature in Context
Number of Pages
418
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107685642
SKU
V9781107685642
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About Edited By Suzanne Go
Suzanne Gossett is Professor of English at Loyola University Chicago. She has edited Middleton's A Fair Quarrel for the Oxford Middleton, Shakespeare and Wilkins' Pericles for the Arden Shakespeare and Beaumont and Fletcher's Philaster for Arden Early Modern Drama. She is a General Editor of Arden Early Modern Drama and, with Gordon McMullan, General Textual Editor for the Norton Shakespeare ... Read more
Reviews for Thomas Middleton in Context (Literature in Context)
".. is a fine collection, its thirty-eight short, well-illustrated chapters giving a variety of new perspectives."
Studies in English Literature
Studies in English Literature