Author: John Fletcher
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1408143801
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
The Tamer Tamed is the subtitle or alternative title to John Fletcher's The Woman's Prize, a comedic sequel and reply to The Taming of the Shrew. The plot switches the gender roles of Shakespeare's play: the women seek to tame the men. Katherine (the "shrew" of the original) has died, and Petruchio takes a second wife, Maria. Maria denounces her former mildness and vows not to sleep with Petruchio until she "turn him and bend him as [she] list, and mold him into a babe again." After many comedic exchanges and plot twists, Petruchio is finally "tamed" in the eyes of Maria, and the play ends with the two reconciled. The play is seen to reflect how society's views of women, femininity, and "domestic propriety" were beginning to change. It is said that Fletcher wrote this play to attract Shakespeare's attention - the two went on to collaborate on at least three plays together. This brand new New Mermaid edition offers unique and fresh insight into the critical interpretation of the play. It builds on current critical foundations (the relationship with Taming of the Shrew, gender relations etc) and suggests different areas of interest (popular associations of the shrew, the question of reputation, and a re-examination of the play's structure). as well as examining stage history and recent productions.
The Tamer Tamed
Author: John Fletcher
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1408143801
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
The Tamer Tamed is the subtitle or alternative title to John Fletcher's The Woman's Prize, a comedic sequel and reply to The Taming of the Shrew. The plot switches the gender roles of Shakespeare's play: the women seek to tame the men. Katherine (the "shrew" of the original) has died, and Petruchio takes a second wife, Maria. Maria denounces her former mildness and vows not to sleep with Petruchio until she "turn him and bend him as [she] list, and mold him into a babe again." After many comedic exchanges and plot twists, Petruchio is finally "tamed" in the eyes of Maria, and the play ends with the two reconciled. The play is seen to reflect how society's views of women, femininity, and "domestic propriety" were beginning to change. It is said that Fletcher wrote this play to attract Shakespeare's attention - the two went on to collaborate on at least three plays together. This brand new New Mermaid edition offers unique and fresh insight into the critical interpretation of the play. It builds on current critical foundations (the relationship with Taming of the Shrew, gender relations etc) and suggests different areas of interest (popular associations of the shrew, the question of reputation, and a re-examination of the play's structure). as well as examining stage history and recent productions.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1408143801
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
The Tamer Tamed is the subtitle or alternative title to John Fletcher's The Woman's Prize, a comedic sequel and reply to The Taming of the Shrew. The plot switches the gender roles of Shakespeare's play: the women seek to tame the men. Katherine (the "shrew" of the original) has died, and Petruchio takes a second wife, Maria. Maria denounces her former mildness and vows not to sleep with Petruchio until she "turn him and bend him as [she] list, and mold him into a babe again." After many comedic exchanges and plot twists, Petruchio is finally "tamed" in the eyes of Maria, and the play ends with the two reconciled. The play is seen to reflect how society's views of women, femininity, and "domestic propriety" were beginning to change. It is said that Fletcher wrote this play to attract Shakespeare's attention - the two went on to collaborate on at least three plays together. This brand new New Mermaid edition offers unique and fresh insight into the critical interpretation of the play. It builds on current critical foundations (the relationship with Taming of the Shrew, gender relations etc) and suggests different areas of interest (popular associations of the shrew, the question of reputation, and a re-examination of the play's structure). as well as examining stage history and recent productions.
The Works of the Reverend John Fletcher
Author: John Fletcher
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
Five Checks to Antinomianism
Author: John Fletcher
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antinomianism
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antinomianism
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
John Fletcher's Rome
Author: Domenico Lovascio
Publisher: Revels Plays Companion Library
ISBN: 9781526157386
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Examines Fletcher's Roman plays and identifies disorientation as the unifying principle of his portrayal of imperial Rome. The book sheds new light on his intellectual life by arguing that his dramatization of Rome exudes a sense of scepticism over the authority of Roman models resulting from his irreverent approach to the classics.
Publisher: Revels Plays Companion Library
ISBN: 9781526157386
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Examines Fletcher's Roman plays and identifies disorientation as the unifying principle of his portrayal of imperial Rome. The book sheds new light on his intellectual life by arguing that his dramatization of Rome exudes a sense of scepticism over the authority of Roman models resulting from his irreverent approach to the classics.
Philaster, 1622
The works of ... John Fletcher
Author: John William Fletcher
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
The Works of the Reverend John Fletcher
Author: John Fletcher
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Methodist Church
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
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Category : Methodist Church
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
Beckett, the Playwright
Author: John Fletcher
Publisher: Hill & Wang
ISBN: 9780809005512
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
Offers a brief survey of Beckett's life and career, examines his major plays, and discusses their themes style, and performance
Publisher: Hill & Wang
ISBN: 9780809005512
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
Offers a brief survey of Beckett's life and career, examines his major plays, and discusses their themes style, and performance
The Island Princess
Author: John Fletcher
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9781854596956
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Five men compete for the hand of Princess Quisara. She vows to marry the man who can free her imprisoned brother. But soon she faces both a conflict of faith and a moral dilemma as her idealism and beliefs are challenged beyond her expectations.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9781854596956
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Five men compete for the hand of Princess Quisara. She vows to marry the man who can free her imprisoned brother. But soon she faces both a conflict of faith and a moral dilemma as her idealism and beliefs are challenged beyond her expectations.
The Sea Voyage
Author: John Fletcher
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781726254267
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
The Sea Voyage is a late Jacobean comedy written by John Fletcher and Philip Massinger. The play is notable for its imitation of Shakespeare's The Tempest. The play begins with a storm, and features a desert island and castaways at a banquet, just as in The Tempest. In addition to Shakespeare's play, the collaborators consulted recent accounts of actual explorations, including those of William Strachey and John Nicoll. Along with Fletcher's The Island Princess, The Sea Voyage has attracted the attention of some late twentieth century critics and scholars as part of the literature of colonialism and anti-colonialism.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781726254267
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
The Sea Voyage is a late Jacobean comedy written by John Fletcher and Philip Massinger. The play is notable for its imitation of Shakespeare's The Tempest. The play begins with a storm, and features a desert island and castaways at a banquet, just as in The Tempest. In addition to Shakespeare's play, the collaborators consulted recent accounts of actual explorations, including those of William Strachey and John Nicoll. Along with Fletcher's The Island Princess, The Sea Voyage has attracted the attention of some late twentieth century critics and scholars as part of the literature of colonialism and anti-colonialism.