The Jew of Malta : a critical reader / edited by Robert A. Logan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Logan, Robert A.

Series:

Arden early modern drama.

Arden early modern drama guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593. Jew of Malta--Criticism.

Marlowe, Christopher.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Arden Shakespeare, 2013.

Summary:

Christopher Marlowe's drama, The Jew of Malta , has become an increasingly popular source for scholarly scrutiny, staged productions, and, most recently, a filmed version. The play follows the sometimes tragic, sometimes comic, often outrageous fortunes of its villainous protagonist, the Jew Barabas. In recent years the play has provoked as much interpretive controversy as any work in the Marlowe canon. This unique volume is therefore especially timely, providing fresh, varied approaches to the many enigmatic elements of the play.

Contents:

Cover; HalfTitle; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Series Introduction; Timeline; Notes on Contributors; INTRODUCTION; ONE The Critical Backstory; Date and Early Reception; The Text; Sources; The Bible; Marlowe and Machiavelli; Jewish Stereotypes and Anti-Semitism; The Jew of Malta and The Merchant of Venice; The Roots of Modern Criticism; Romanticism and Savage Farce; The Later Twentieth Century; The Future Beckons; TWO The Performance History; The Initial Production; Pre-Twentieth Century Productions; Twentieth-Century Productions18; Experimental Productions

Foreign ProductionsTwenty-First-Century Productions; Other Productions in Brief; THREE The State of the Art: Current Critical Research; Critical Tendencies; FOUR New Directions: The Jew of Malta in Repertory; 1589 and the Lord Admiral's Players; 1592-4 and Companies at the Rose Playhouse; 1594 and the Lord Admiral's Players; Post-1601 and Queen Henrietta Maria's Players; FIVE New Directions: The Jew of Malta and The Merchant of Venice: A Reconsideration of Influence; SIX New Directions: The Jew of Malta as Print Commodity in 1594; Publishing at Ling's Shop at the West Door of Paul's

Publishing Practices at Millington's Shop under St. Peter's Church in CornhillPublishing Specialties at Millington's Shop under St. Peter's Church in Cornhill; SEVEN New Directions: The Nose Plays: Ovid in The Jew of Malta; I; II; III; EIGHT A Survey of Resources; Single text editions; Concordances; Selected Textual Scholarship and Criticism (Essays and Book Chapters); Internet Resources; Video Recordings; Notes; Works Cited and Selected Further Reading; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4081-9154-7

OCLC:

850161696