The Drama of John Marston Critical Re-Visions |
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| Editor:
| Wharton, T. F. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-03358-9 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2007 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $62.95 |
Book Description:
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Celebrating the 400th anniversary of John Marston's debut as a professional playwright, this collection of critical essays on his work discovers, in the de-centred, hilarious, but unsettling work of this idiosyncratic Renaissance dramatist, an uncannily post-modern voice. The qualities which estranged Marston from previous critical eras are precisely those that are now instantly accessible and this volume's essays, by leading scholars in the early modern field, explore the full extent...
More DescriptionCelebrating the 400th anniversary of John Marston's debut as a professional playwright, this collection of critical essays on his work discovers, in the de-centred, hilarious, but unsettling work of this idiosyncratic Renaissance dramatist, an uncannily post-modern voice. The qualities which estranged Marston from previous critical eras are precisely those that are now instantly accessible and this volume's essays, by leading scholars in the early modern field, explore the full extent of Marston's ambiguity towards politics, gender and the very medium he wrote for and in.