John Marston of the Middle Temple : An Elizabethan Dramatist in His Social Setting / Philip J. Finkelpearl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Finkelpearl, Philip J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dramatists, English--Homes and haunts--England--London.

Dramatists, English.

Dramatists, English--Early modern, 1500-1700--Biography.

Inns of Court.

Inns of Court (London, England).

Marston, John, 1575?-1634.

Middle Temple (London, England).

Local Subjects:

Inns of Court (London, England).

Marston, John, 1575?-1634.

Middle Temple (London, England).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contents

One. The Milieu of the Inns of Court

I. The Inns of Court in the Late Sixteenth Century

II. Literary Life at the Inns of Court in the Latter Half of the Sixteenth Century

III. Revels Inns of at the Court

IV. The Middle Temple's "Prince D'Amour" Revels of 1597-98

V. The Political Climate at the Inns of Court (1590-1615)

VI. "The Noblest Nourceries of Humanity and Liberty"

Two. Playwright at the Inns of Court: John Marston

VII. John Marston's Early Writing

VIII. Jack Drum's Entertainment: Speech and Style at Highgate

IX. The Antonio Plays: "What Men Must Be"

X. What You Will or Don Kynsayder's Descent from Parnassus

XI. The Malcontent: Virtuous Machiavellianism

XII. The Dutch Curtezan: "Rich Sence" and "Bad Language"

XIII. Parasitaster or The Fawne: King James and the Prince D'Amour

XIV. Sophonisba: Wonder and Shame

XV. Conclusion: A "Timely Change"

Appendix A. Some Important Figures at the Inns of Court (1590-1610)

Appendix B. Chronological Table of Events in Marston's Life and Related Events at the Middle Temple

Appendix C. The Date of the Antonio Plays and Their Chronological Relationship to Hamlet

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

0-674-18397-5

OCLC:

1013936531