Jacobean Tragedy: The Quest for Moral Order
The work of dramatists such as George Chapman, Thomas Heywood, Cyril Tourneur, John Webster, Thomas Middleton and John Ford can profitably be studied as attempts to construct a new moral order in response to the absence or weakening of the religious sanction. In this study, first published in 1962, the author examines these texts in detail, and throws a great deal of light on the plays as plays. This title will be of interest to students of English Literature, Drama and Performance.

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Jacobean Tragedy: The Quest for Moral Order
The work of dramatists such as George Chapman, Thomas Heywood, Cyril Tourneur, John Webster, Thomas Middleton and John Ford can profitably be studied as attempts to construct a new moral order in response to the absence or weakening of the religious sanction. In this study, first published in 1962, the author examines these texts in detail, and throws a great deal of light on the plays as plays. This title will be of interest to students of English Literature, Drama and Performance.

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Jacobean Tragedy: The Quest for Moral Order

Jacobean Tragedy: The Quest for Moral Order

by Irving Ribner
Jacobean Tragedy: The Quest for Moral Order

Jacobean Tragedy: The Quest for Moral Order

by Irving Ribner

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The work of dramatists such as George Chapman, Thomas Heywood, Cyril Tourneur, John Webster, Thomas Middleton and John Ford can profitably be studied as attempts to construct a new moral order in response to the absence or weakening of the religious sanction. In this study, first published in 1962, the author examines these texts in detail, and throws a great deal of light on the plays as plays. This title will be of interest to students of English Literature, Drama and Performance.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781138236479
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 03/23/2017
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Renaissance Drama , #12
Pages: 194
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Introduction 2. George Chapman 3. Thomas Heywood 4. Cyril Tourneur 5. John Webster 6. Thomas Middleton 7. John Ford; Index

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