Toxic Masculinity on the London Stage, 16001610

This volume discusses plays which depict the early modern male as both poisoned and poisoner - this book points to these plays as evidence of disquiet and anxieties to which we can still easily relate today.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Poisoned Minds: cuckoldry, jealousy and insecure masculinity
Chapter 3 Poisonous Words: misogynistic discourses and men slandering women
Chapter 4 Tragic Masculinity: theatrical responses to real life domestic violence
Chapter 5 Poisons and antidotes: fake poisonings, rehabilitated men, and strong women

About the author

Anthony Archdeacon has an MPhil in medieval Literature from the University of Cambridge and a PhD in Renaissance Literature from the University of Southampton.

Product details

• Authors: Anthony Archdeacon
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 01.07.2025
• EAN: 9781032890449
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3289044-9
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: Routledge Focus on Literature
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare, LITERARY CRITICISM / Renaissance, Theatre Studies, Masculinity, Literary studies: general, Literary theory, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Shakespeare Plays