
Arden of Faversham: A Critical Reader
- 264 pages
- English
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Arden of Faversham: A Critical Reader
About this book
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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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title
- Series
- Title
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction Duncan Salkeld and Peter Kirwan
- 1 The critical backstory Jane Kingsley-Smith
- 2 The performance history: ‘Poor wench abused by thy misgovernance’ – Arden of Faversham on stage Kath Bradley
- 3 The state of the art: Locating criticism of Arden of Faversham, 2000 to the present Catherine Richardson
- 4 New directions: Susan of Faversham: Staging subordination in Arden Emma Whipday
- 5 New directions: Mist opportunities: The play of the weather in Arden of Faversham Chloe Kathleen Preedy
- 6 New directions: ‘What manner of man was he?’ Will and the making of archival Blackness in Arden of Faversham Brandi K. Adams
- 7 New directions: Crimson snow: Arden of Faversham as golden age detective story Lisa Hopkins
- 8 Pedagogy: ‘Now I take you’: Approaches to teaching Arden of Faversham Kirsten N. Mendoza
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Copyright