One of the earliest domestic tragedies, Arden of Faversham is a powerful Elizabethan drama based on the real-life murder of Thomas Arden. This Critical Reader presents the first collection of essays specifically focused upon Arden of Faversham. It highlights the way in which this important play from the early 1590s stands at several different critical intersections. Focused research chapters propose new directions for exploring the play in the light of ecocriticism, genre studies, critical race studies and narratives of dispossession. It also looks forward to Arden of Faversham 's role and status in a less author-centred critical climate. Chapters explore how this anonymous and canonically marginal play has been approached in the past by scholars and theatre-makers and the frameworks that have offered productive insight into its unique features. The volume includes chapters covering a wide range of critical discourses and resources available for its study, as well as offering practical approaches to the play in the classroom.

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Yes, you can access Arden of Faversham: A Critical Reader by Peter Kirwan, Duncan Salkeld, Peter Kirwan,Duncan Salkeld, Lisa Hopkins,Andrew Hiscock in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Literature & Literary Criticism in Drama. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Publisher

The Arden Shakespeare

Year

2023

Print ISBN

9781350270176

eBook ISBN

9781350270190

Edition

Topic

Literature

Subtopic

Literary Criticism in Drama

Index

Literature

Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Acknowledgements
Contributors
Introduction
Chapter 1: The critical backstory
Chapter 2: The performance history: ‘Poor wench abused by thy misgovernance’ – Arden of Faversham on stage
Chapter 3: The state of the art: Locating criticism of Arden of Faversham, 2000 to the present
Chapter 4: New directions: Susan of Faversham: Staging subordination in Arden
Chapter 5: New directions: Mist opportunities: The play of the weather in Arden of Faversham
Chapter 6: New directions: ‘What manner of man was he?’ Will and the making of archival Blackness in Arden of Faversham
Chapter 7: New directions: Crimson snow: Arden of Faversham as golden age detective story
Chapter 8: Pedagogy: ‘Now I take you’: Approaches to teaching Arden of Faversham
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