Women beware women [[electronic resource] ] : a critical guide / / edited by Andrew Hiscock

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910460108303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2011
• ISBN: 1-283-11669-3; 9786613116697; 1-4411-7771-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (222 p.)
• Collana: Continuum Renaissance drama
• Altri autori (Persone): HiscockAndrew <1962->
• Disciplina: 822/.3
• Soggetti: Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The critical backstory / Robert C. Evans -- Out of the repertoire : Women beware women and performance history / Paul Innes -- In the repertoire : Women beware women on stage / Annaliese Connolly -- The state of the art / Joost Daalder -- New directions : Women beware women and Jacobean cultural narratives / Anne McLaren -- New directions : Women beware women and the arts of looking and listening / Helen Wilcox -- New directions : Women beware women and genre theory / Edward Gieskes -- New directions : 'Two kings on one throne': lust, love, and marriage in Women beware women / Coppélia Kahn -- Learning and teaching resources : mapping texts, spaces and bodies / Liz Oakley-Brown.
• Sommario/riassunto: Thomas Middleton's intense study of betrayal, corruption, lust and violence, Women Beware Women, is one of the revenge tragedies most commonly studied and performed today. This guide offers scholars and students an introduction to its critical and performance history, including notable stage productions, TV, audio and film versions and dramatic and text adaptations. It includes a keynote chapter outlining major areas of current research on the play and four new critical essays. Finally, a guide to critical, web-based and production-related resources and an annotated bibliography provide a basi