Women beware women : a critical guide / edited by Andrew Hiscock.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hiscock, Andrew, 1962-

Series:

Continuum Renaissance Drama

Continuum Renaissance drama

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Middleton, Thomas, -1627. Women beware women.

Middleton, Thomas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Thomas Middleton's intense study of betrayal, corruption, lust and violence, Women Beware Women, is one of the revenge tragedies most commonly studied and performed today. This guide offers scholars and students an introduction to its critical and performance history, including notable stage productions, TV, audio and film versions and dramatic and text 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 basi

Contents:

The critical backstory / Robert C. Evans

Out of the repertoire : Women beware women and performance history / Paul Innes

In the repertoire : Women beware women on stage / Annaliese Connolly

The state of the art / Joost Daalder

New directions : Women beware women and Jacobean cultural narratives / Anne McLaren

New directions : Women beware women and the arts of looking and listening / Helen Wilcox

New directions : Women beware women and genre theory / Edward Gieskes

New directions : 'Two kings on one throne': lust, love, and marriage in Women beware women / Coppélia Kahn

Learning and teaching resources : mapping texts, spaces and bodies / Liz Oakley-Brown.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-11669-3

9786613116697

1-4411-7771-X

OCLC:

726734886