{"product_id":"the-drama-of-john-marston-critical-re-visions-paperback-9780521033589","title":"The Drama of John Marston; Critical Re-Visions (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521033589","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Drama of John Marston\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCritical Re-Visions\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is an invaluable collection of critical essays on the work of dramatist John Marston.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eT. F. Wharton (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521033589, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 February 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e248 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.377 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...much needed contribution to the critical fortunes of Marston...\"   Sixteenth Century Journal\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eCelebrating the 400th anniversary of John Marston's debut as a professional playwright, this collection of critical essays on his work by leading scholars in the early modern field discovers, in the de-centred, hilarious, but unsettling work of this idiosyncratic Renaissance dramatist, an uncannily post-modern voice. Always at odds with his contemporaries, the censor and sometimes his own audience, Marston is shown to be a deeply conflicted figure but the qualities which estranged him from previous critical eras are precisely those that are now instantly accessible. This volume's essays, the themes of which coincide both in contemporary currents in literary theory and criticism and in the plays of John Marston, reveal at every turn the full extent of his ambiguity towards politics, gender and the very medium he wrote for and in.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eNotes on contributors\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Note on the text\u003cbr\u003e Introduction T. F. Wharton\u003cbr\u003e 1. John Marston at the 'mart of woe': the Antonio plays Rick Bowers\u003cbr\u003e 2. John Marston: a theatrical perspective W. Reavley Gair\u003cbr\u003e 3. Varieties of fantasy in What You Will Matthew Steggle\u003cbr\u003e 4. Safety in fiction: Marston's recreational poetics Patrick Buckridge\u003cbr\u003e 5. Insatiate punning in Marston's courtesan plays Richard Scarr\u003cbr\u003e 6. Touching the self: masturbatory Marston William W. E. Slights\u003cbr\u003e 7. 'Two parts in one': Marston and masculinity Sukanya B. Senapati\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Malcontent: hunting the letter Kiernan Ryan\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Dutch Courtesan and the profits of translation David Pascoe\u003cbr\u003e 10. Sexual politics in Marston's The Malcontent T. F. Wharton\u003cbr\u003e 11. Marston: censure, censorship and free speech Janet Clare\u003cbr\u003e 12. Ill-mannered Marston Michael Scott\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Theatre studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Theatre studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Theatre%20studies%20%5BAN%5D%22\"\u003eAN\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006022242584,"sku":"9780521033589","price":34.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521033589i_224ca42c-02ac-493b-b218-f21cafde568d.jpg?v=1694965068","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-drama-of-john-marston-critical-re-visions-paperback-9780521033589","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}