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Zusatztext "A noted authority on dramatist John Ford, editor Hopkins has assembled an outstanding collection of essays dealing with Ford's famous tragedy 'Tis Pity She's A Whore. Contributors summarize the performance history of the play since it was first preformed almost 400 years ago, and deal with issues the play raises, including incest, anatomy, and the survival of banned Catholic beliefs and practices in Protestant England. The editor herself contributes a critical backstory, which looks at how aspects of the play have been reworked in fiction and film, as well as an engaging essay on the social and civic use of Ford's stage." -Eithne O'Leyne, BOOK NEWS, Inc. Informationen zum Autor Lisa Hopkins is Professor of English at University of Sheffield Hallam. She has published numerous works on Shakespeare including her most recent work, Beginning Shakespeare (2005) and has written on film adaptations including Screening the Gothic . She is the Senior Editor of the online journal, Early Modern Literary Studies. Vorwort A comprehensive introduction to John Ford's Tis Pity She's a Whore - introducing its critical history, performance history, the current critical landscape and new directions in research on the play. Zusammenfassung John Ford's tragedy 'Tis Pity She's A Whore was first performed between 1629 and 1633 and since then its themes of incest, love versus duty and forbidden passion have made it a widely studied and performed, if controversial, play. This guide offers students an introduction to its critical and performance history, including TV and film adaptations. It includes a keynote chapter outlining major areas of current research on the play and four new critical essays. Finally, a guide to critical, web-based and production-related resources and an annotated bibliography provide a basis for further individual research. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Introduction Timeline of notable events and productions Introduction, Lisa Hopkins (Sheffield Hallam University, UK) 1. The Critical Backstory, Lisa Hopkins (Sheffield Hallam University, UK) 2. Performance History, Kate Wilkinson (Sheffield Hallam University, UK) 3. The State of the Art - Current Critical Research, Sandra Clark (School of Advanced Study, University of London, UK) 4. New Directions: ‘Fatal Attraction: Desire, Anatomy and Death in 'Tis Pity She's a Whore , Catherine Silverstone (Queen Mary, UK) 5. New Directions: Identifying the Real Whore of Parma, Corinne S. Abate (Morristown-Beard School) 6. New Directions: The Confessional Identities of 'Tis Pity She's a Whore , Gillian Woods (Wadham College, Oxford, UK) 7. New Directions: The Deconstructing 'Tis Pity ?: Derrida, Barthes & Ford, Mark Houlahan (University of Waikato, NZ) 8. New Directions: 'Tis Pity She's a Whore and the Space of the Stage, Lisa Hopkins (Sheffield Hallam University, UK) Resources, Rhonda Lemke Sanford (Fairmont State University, UK) Notes on Contributors Index ...
