Edward II
Subtitle: a critical reader
By: [edited by] Kirk Melnikoff
Series: Arden early modern drama guides; Arden early modern drama
Publisher: Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9781472584045; 9781472584038
Other titles: Edward 2nd
Work titles: Edward the Second
Description: Christopher Marlowe's drama Edward II stands as one of the first plays to state English history, and it has long been seen as a master work on conflicts between the personal and the political. In its day, the play was popular in London's theaters and bookshops, and it continues to inspire actors, directors and audiences. Bolstered with a timeline tracking Marlowe's life and work, and up-to-date bibliography and an extensive index, this collection is an ideal and definitive guide to Edward II. --Cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-284) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction  -- Kirk Melnikoff; title: The critical backstory: Edward II's critics in history to 1990  -- Darlene Farabee; title: Edward II: a stage history  -- Andrea Stevens; title: The state of the art: desire, history and the theatre  -- Judith Haber; title: Edoüard et Gaverston: new ways of looking at an English history play  -- Alan Stewart; title: Edward II in repertory  -- Roslyn L. Knutson; title: 'Overpeered' and understated: conforming transgressions and Edward II  -- James Siemon; title: 'My life, my company': amity, enmity and vitality in Edward II -- Garrett A. Sullivan, Jr. /-- A survey of resources: teaching Edward II /-- Edward Gieskes.