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The queen, or, The excellency of her sex / by John Ford ; edited by Lisa Hopkins
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ford, John, 1586-approximately 1640, author.
- Series:
- Revels plays
- The revels plays
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kings and rulers.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- History
- Drama
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2025
- Summary:
- "A scholarly, modern-spelling edition of a play by the Caroline dramatist John Ford, which has not seen much previous critical attention due to being accidentally omitted from the 1652 edition of his complete works. The introduction resituates the play in the Ford canon and explores how it spoke to audiences when it was first composed in the late 1620s, when it tapped into the contemporary fascination with the pathology of melancholy, and also when it was finally published in 1653. By this time the play's main plot about a sovereign who is threatened with execution would have recalled the beheading of Charles I four years earlier. The play can thus be seen as examining both psychology and politics"-- De Gruyter Brill
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter Brill, viewed July 21, 2026)
- Other Format:
- Print version: Ford, John, 1586-approximately 1640 Queen, or, The excellency of her sex
- ISBN:
- 9781526181152
- 1526181150
- OCLC:
- 1518029210
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000165268
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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