Description
| Product ID: | 9781472520524 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | New Mermaids |
| Title: | Edward II Revised |
| Authors: | Author: Christopher Marlowe, Robert Lindsey, Martin Wiggins |
| Page Count: | 168 |
| Subjects: | Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, English |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Dramatically compressing the reign of Edward II and enlivening the historical narrative with humour, romance, and horrific violence, Marlowe interrogates how the transgression of accepted codes of behaviour affects even those at the highest level of society. Kept off the stage for almost three hundred years because of its dramatization of explicit homosexual relationships, it has become increasingly popular with modern day readers and performed on stage and film to great acclaim. This student edition contains a completely new introduction by Stephen Guy-Bray, and offers students a useful and lively overview of recent criticism, an updated performance history paying greater attention to Derek Jarman's film, a background on the author and themes, as well as an updated bibliography and a fully annotated version of the playtext. Dramatically compressing the reign of Edward II and enlivening the historical narrative with humour, romance, and horrific violence, Marlowe interrogates how the transgression of accepted codes of behaviour affects even those at the highest level of society. Kept off the stage for almost three hundred years because of its dramatization of explicit homosexual relationships, it has become increasingly popular with modern day readers and performed on stage and film to great acclaim. This student edition contains a completely new introduction by Stephen Guy-Bray, and offers students a useful and lively overview of recent criticism, an updated performance history paying greater attention to Derek Jarman''s film, a background on the author and themes, as well as an updated bibliography and a fully annotated version of the playtext. |
| Imprint Name: | Methuen Drama |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2014-07-31 |
