Author: T. F. WhartonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521651360
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
This is an invaluable collection of critical essays on the work of dramatist John Marston.
The Drama of John Marston
Author: T. F. WhartonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521651360
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
This is an invaluable collection of critical essays on the work of dramatist John Marston.
John Marston's Drama
Author: George L. GecklePublisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN: 9780838621578
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
A work of historical criticism that offers new interpretations of the nine plays attributed solely to John Marston. Explores his use of literary, historical, and intellectual sources and focuses on recurrent major images and themes in the plays.
The Malcontent
Author: John MarstonPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408149184
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
A student edition of Marston's classic play The Malcontent is a tragicomedy deriving from the tradition of the revenge play. The verbal ingenuity of Malevole, the "malcontent", and the extravagance of the drama, push the relentlessness of intrigue to its logical conclusion, exposing the basically comic aspect of the genre. The conventional function of the climactic masque is inverted, leading to the essential resolution of the comedy. This edition comes with full commentary and notes, together with photos of Jonathan Miller's acclaimed 1973 production at the Nottingham Playhouse.
What You Will
Author: John MarstonBen Jonson, John Marston and Early Modern Drama
Author: Rebecca YearlingPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137563990
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
This book examines the influence of John Marston, typically seen as a minor figure among early modern dramatists, on his colleague Ben Jonson. While Marston is usually famed more for his very public rivalry with Jonson than for the quality of his plays, this book argues that such a view of Marston seriously underestimates his importance to the theatre of his time. In it, the author contends that Marston's plays represent an experiment in a new kind of satiric drama, with origins in the humanist tradition of serio ludere. His works—deliberately unpredictable, inconsistent and metatheatrical—subvert theatrical conventions and provide confusingly multiple perspectives on the action, forcing their spectators to engage actively with the drama and the moral dilemmas that it presents. The book argues that Marston's work thus anticipates and perhaps influenced the mid-period work of Ben Jonson, in plays such as Sejanus, Volpone and The Alchemist.
The Drama of John Marston: a Study in Polarity
Author: Merrill Sheridan SnyderPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Jack Drum's Entertainment. 1601
Author: John Marston's Plays
Author: Michael ScottPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349033685
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
Renaissance Drama 32
Author: Jeffrey MastenPublisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 0810119560
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Renaissance Drama, an annual and interdisciplinary publication, is devoted to drama and performance as a central feature of Renaissance culture. The essays in each volume explore traditional canons of drama, the significance of performance (broadly construed) to early modern culture, and the impact of new forms of interpretation on the study of Renaissance plays, theatre, and performance.
The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Contemporary Dramatists
Author: A. J. HoenselaarsPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521767547
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
This Companion is devoted to the life and works of Shakespeare and contemporary playwrights in early modern London.