The play is well-chosen for the present moment, with its struggling immigrants, social predation, and vibrant street scenes, and Britland does an excellent job of clarifying the puns and jabs often lost on student readers, much of them in polyglot argot.

Studies in English Literature 1500-1900

Attentive to the literary influences behind Marston's play ... Particularly illuminating is Britland's attention to Marston's borrowings from Montaigne.

Times Literary Supplement

This is by far the best edition of the play on the market, superbly treated by Karen Britland.

Professor Alison Shell, University College London, UK

The Dutch Courtesan is a riotous tragicomedy that explores the delights and perils afforded by Jacobean London. While Freevill, an educated young Englishman and the play's nominal hero, frolics in the city's streets, taverns and brothels, Franceschina, his cast-off mistress and the Dutch courtesan of the play's title,laments his betrayal and plots revenge. Juxtaposing Franceschina's vulnerable financial position against the unappealing marital prospects available to gentry women, the play undermines the language of romance, revealing it to be rooted in the commerce and commodification. Marston's commentary on financial insecurity and the hypocritical repudiation of foreignness makes The Dutch Courtesan truly a document for our time.
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Series Preface; Introduction;The Dutch Courtesan; Bibliography;Appendices; Index
A major annotated edition of Marston's city comedy of sexual desire and society's moral codes, ideal for undergraduate study.
Ideal text for undergraduate study
Arden Early Modern Drama accompanies and complements the Arden Shakespeare Third Series, offering editions of non-Shakespearean Renaissance and Restoration drama from the period 1500-1700. Modelled on the Third Series in appearance and style, Arden Early Modern Drama editions offer high-quality textual scholarship, together with an accessible, student-friendly introduction. General Editors: Professor Suzanne Gossett, Loyola University Chicago, Professor John Jowett, Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham and Professor Gordon McMullan, King's College London
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781472568960
Publisert
2018-04-05
Utgiver
Vendor
The Arden Shakespeare
Vekt
317 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
296

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Forfatter

Om bidragsyterne

Karen Britland is Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.