Prodigality in Early Modern Drama

Examination of the motif of the prodigal son as treated in early modern drama, from Shakespeare to Beaumont and Fletcher.

List of contents

Introduction
Sparing the Rod and Hating the Son: Early Plays, 1513-1588
The sacred wholsome lore: Aristotle and Prodigality
London Prodigals: Spending in the City
Fathers of Destruction: The Villainous Usurer
Wasted Goods, Wasted Flesh: The Prodigal's Harlots and Mother Bawds
Coda
Bibliography

About the author

Lecturer in Renaissance/Early Modern Literature at the University of York.

Summary

Examination of the motif of the prodigal son as treated in early modern drama, from Shakespeare to Beaumont and Fletcher.

Product details

• Authors: Ezra Horbury, Ezra (Author) Horbury
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9781843845423
• ISBN: 978-1-84384-542-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 223 mm x 143 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 474 g
• Series: Studies in Renaissance Literature; Studies in Renaissance Literat
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies