impact of militarism and social mobility on the construction of masculinity in Elizabethan and Jacobean drama
Subtitle: from warrior to courtier
By: Timothy Francisco ; with a preface by Mathew Winston.
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Lewiston, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780773453906
Subjects: Marlowe, Christopher, -- 1564-1593 -- Criticism and interpretation; Jonson, Ben, -- 1573?-1637 -- Criticism and interpretation; Militarism in literature; Social mobility in literature; Masculinity in literature; English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism; English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism; Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century; Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.  ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Militarism and masculinity in early modern England; title: Gentlemen and soldiers in Marlowe's Tamburlaine; title: Fathers, sons and lovers in Marlowe's Tamburlaine II; title: The demise of a masculine ideal in Jonson's Sejanus; title: The transformation of a warrior in Marlowe's Edward II and Jonson's Mortimer, His fall.