The Oxford handbook of Thomas Middleton / edited by Gary Taylor, Trish Thomas Henley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Taylor, Gary, 1953-

Henley, Trish Thomas.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Oxford handbooks of literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Middleton, Thomas, -1627--Criticism and interpretation.

Middleton, Thomas.

Middleton, Thomas, -1627.

Renaissance dramatists (Edinburgh, Scotland).

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xvii, 670 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

Thomas Middleton

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Contents:

1 Thomas Middletons Shelf Life / Julian Yates Yates, Julian 16

2 Playing with Space: Making a Public in Middleton's Theatre / Paul Yachnin Yachnin, Paul 32

3 History Plays Genre Games / Gary Taylor Taylor, Gary 47

4 Middleton's Collaborators in Music and Song / Tiffany Stern Stern, Tiffany 64

5 Passionate Tunes for Amorous Poems: Middleton's Way with Music / Raphael Seligmann Seligmann, Raphael 80

6 Playing with Boys on Middleton's Stage-and Ours / Carol Chillington Rutter Rutter, Carol Chillington 98

7 Middleton's Historical Imagination / Thomas Roebuck Roebuck, Thomas 116

8 Middleton and Dance / Barbara Ravelhofer Ravelhofer, Barbara 130

9 The Ecology of the Passions in A Chaste Maid in Cheapside and The Changeling / Gail Kern Paster Paster, Gail Kern 148

10 Middleton and Caroline Theatre / Lucy Munro Munro, Lucy 164

11 'Times comic sparks': The Dramaturgy of A Mad World, My Masters and Timon of Athens / Laurie Maguire Maguire, Laurie, Emma Smith Smith, Emma 181

12 'My cloak's a stranger; he was made but yesterday': Clothing, Language, and the Construction of Theatre in Middleton / Eleanor Lowe Lowe, Eleanor 196

13 'Old Dad dead?' The Rise of the Neo-Noir 'Heritage Film, Or, Middleton with a View / Courtney Lehmann Lehmann, Courtney 210

14 'Nimble in damnation, quick in tune: Vice and The Revenger's Tragedy / Douglas M. Lanier Lanier, Douglas M. 227

15 Middletonian Stylistics / Jonathan R. Hope Hope, Jonathan R. 247

16 Tragicomic Men / Trish Thomas Henley Henley, Trish Thomas 264

17 Middleton and Usury / David Hawkes Hawkes, David 281

18 Middleton, Plautus, and the Ethics of Comedy / Richard F. Hardin Hardin, Richard F. 296

19 'More lies than true tales': Scepticism in Middleton's Mock-Almanacs / Meredith Molly Hand Hand, Meredith Molly 312

20 Staging Muteness in Middleton / Heidi Brayman Hackel Hackel, Heidi Brayman 330

21 Middleton's Language Machine / Stephen Guy-Bray Guy-Bray, Stephen 346

22 Middleton and the Theatre of Emergency / David Glimp Glimp, David 360

23 Middleton and the Culture of Courtesy / Indira Ghose Ghose, Indira 376

24 Playwright to Playwright: The Changeling / Gabriel Gbadamosi Gbadamosi, Gabriel 390

25 Middleton and Spain / Barbara Fuchs Fuchs, Barbara 404

26 Wisdom in Reverse / Ewan Fernie Fernie, Ewan 418

27 Middleton and Mimetic Desire / Lars Engle Engle, Lars 437

28 Thomas Middleton, William Shakespeare, and the Masculine Grotesque / Celia R. Daileader Daileader, Celia R. 452

29 Middleton as Poet / Joseph Campana Campana, Joseph 469

30 The Emotions of Tragedy: Middleton or Shakespeare? / Paul Budra Budra, Paul 487

31 Giving Revenger's its Due / Regina Buccola Buccola, Regina 502

32 Middleton's Imagination / Douglas Bruster Bruster, Douglas 518

33 Middleton and the Continent / Karen Britland Britland, Karen 535

34 'It's a whole different sex!' Women Performing Middleton on the Modern Stage / Terri Bourus Bourus, Terri 551

35 Middleton and Ecological Change / Bruce Boehrer Boehrer, Bruce 571

36 "The Lure of a Taffeta Cloak': Middleton's Sartorial Seduction in Your Five Gallants / Mary Bly Bly, Mary 588.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199559886

0199559880

OCLC:

760290377