Arden of Faversham: A Critical Reader
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Arden of Faversham: A Critical Reader
By (Author) Dr Peter Kirwan
Edited by Professor Duncan Salkeld
Series edited by Dr Andrew Hiscock
Series edited by Professor Lisa Hopkins
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
The Arden Shakespeare
20th February 2025
United Kingdom
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Literary studies: plays and playwrights
Theatre studies
Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600
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Paperback
264
Width 129mm, Height 198mm
Description
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 Favershams 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.
Author Bio
Peter Kirwan is Associate Professor of Shakespeare and Performance at Mary Baldwin University, USA. Duncan Salkeld is Professor Emeritus at the University of Chichester and Visiting Professor at the University of Roehampton, UK.
