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Titolo: | 'Tis pity she's a whore : a critical guide / / edited by Lisa Hopkins |
Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2010 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xii, 193 pages) |
Disciplina: | 822.3 |
Classificazione: | HI 2235 |
Altri autori: | HopkinsLisa <1962-> |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-185) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Ch. 1. The critical backstory / Lisa Hopkins -- Ch. 2. The performance history / Kate Wilkinson -- Ch. 3. The state of the art / Sandra Clark -- Ch. 4. New directions : fatal attraction : desire, anatomy and death in 'Tis pity she's a whore / Catherine Silverstone -- Ch. 5. New directions : identifying the real whore of Parma / Corinne S. Abate -- Ch. 6. New directions : the confessional identities of 'Tis pity she's a whore / Gillian Woods -- Ch. 7. New directions : the deconstructing 'Tis pity? : Derrida, Barthes and Ford / Mark Houlahan -- Ch. 8. New directions : 'Tis pity she's a whore and the space of the stage / Lisa Hopkins -- Ch. 9. A survey of resources / Rhonda Lemke Sanfrod. |
Sommario/riassunto: | John Ford's tragedy 'Tis Pity She's A Whore was first performed between 1629 and 1633 and since then its themes of incest, love versus duty and forbidden passion have made it a widely studied and performed, if controversial, play. This guide offers students an introduction to its critical and performance history, including TV and film 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 basis for further indiv. |
Altri titoli varianti: | It's a pity she's a whore |
It is a pity she is a whore | |
Titolo autorizzato: | Tis pity she's a whore |
ISBN: | 1-282-87431-4 |
9786612874314 | |
1-4411-3755-6 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910814744503321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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