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Sommario
Series Introduction
Edward II Timeline
Introduction
The Critical Backstory: Marlowe’s Legacy: A Critical Survey of the Playwright’s Reception to 1991
Performance History: “Yet I have a braver way than these”: A Performance History of Edward II
The State of the Art: Edward II: Sexuality, History, and the Theatre
New Directions:
1. Gratia Flagrans: Edward II and the Micro-Macro-politics of (In)Subordination
2. Edward II in Repertory
3. The Corporate Life of Monarch and Minion in Edward II
4. Édouard et Gaverston: New Ways of Looking at an English History Play
Learning and Teaching Resources: History, Politics, and Edward II
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Info autore
Kirk Melnikoff is Associate Professor of English and Undergraduate Coordinator at
the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA.
Kirk Melnikoff is Associate Professor of English and Undergraduate Coordinator at
the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA.
Riassunto
Edward II: A Critical Reader gives students, teachers and scholars alike an overview of the play’s reception both in the theatre and among artists and critics, from the end of the 16th century to the beginning of the 21st. The volume also offers a series of new perspectives on the play by leading experts in the field of early modern history and culture. Bolstered with a timeline tracking Marlowe’s life and work, an up-to-date bibliography and an extensive index, this collection is an ideal and definitive guide to Edward II.
Prefazione
A collection of critical essays ideal for undergraduate students of Christopher Marlowe and Early Modern Drama
Testo aggiuntivo
In gathering together chapters rich in detail and brimming with critical vigor, this recent Arden Early Modern Drama Guide fulfills the goal, set out by the Series Editors, of offering “a clear picture of the critical and performative contexts” of Marlowe’s tragedy. Taken together, these chapters offer a plethora of original arguments that will inspire new critical responses to Edward II in scholarship, performance, and teaching. The high critical calibre of these chapters position Edward II at the centre of what Melnikoff calls ‘a larger Marlowe moment’ (5). Melnikoff’s succinctly and persuasively argued Introduction makes it clear that this moment arises from both the play’s ‘theatrical vitality’ (4) and the work of scholars who address important topics in rigorous and accessible ways … This volume compiles plenty of fresh evidence and many new insights in carefully organized chapters moving from general to specific themes. By this criterion alone, the collection is excellent … By blending original research of new evidence with rigorous and accessibly presented surveys of the main areas of the historiography of Marlowe’s tragedy, Melnikoff’s superbly edited book offers itself as an indispensable contribution to the collections of new essays that indeed created and extended the Marlowe moment in criticism.
