The Family of Love: By Lording Barry
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Publishing Details
The Family of Love: By Lording Barry
By (Author) Sophie Tomlinson
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press
11th January 2022
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Plays, playscripts
Literary studies: plays and playwrights
Literary studies: general
822.3
Physical Properties
Hardback
256
Width 138mm, Height 216mm, Spine 16mm
445g
Description
The Family of Love charts a successful intrigue between the cash strapped Gerardine, and Maria, the sequestered niece of the mercenary Doctor Glister.
Their romance unfolds against the dissection of two citizen marriages, the Glisters and the Purges. Mistress Purge attends Familist meetings independently, arousing her husbands suspicions about her marital fidelity. Two libertines, Lipsalve and Gudgeon, go in search of sex and solubility (freedom from constipation), receiving more than they bargain for in respect of the latter.
This scholarly edition of The Family of Love marks the first occasion on which the comedy is attributed to Lording Barry in print. It brings together literary and historical discussion with a thorough analysis of the plays disputed authorship. Tomlinson highlights Barrys rich vein of burlesque humour in a comedy that combines magic, a trunk, and a mock-court session with vigorous colloquial language.
Author Bio
Sophie Tomlinson is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Auckland, in New Zealand Aotearoa
