The Roaring Girl
Thomas Middleton & Thomas Dekker
Manchester University Press · Print & ebook · March 29, 1990
An annotated edition of an important Jacobean comedy, which is currently receiving greater attention from critics and on stage because the leading character is based on a famous personality of the time, Moll Cutpurse.
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- Who it’s for
- A compact specialist take on The Roaring Girl, tuned for study and staging.
- Genres
- British & Irish Plays, Renaissance Literary Criticism, Drama Criticism
- Published
- Manchester University Press, March 29, 1990
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An annotated edition of an important Jacobean comedy, which is currently receiving greater attention from critics and on stage because the leading character is based on a famous personality of the time, Moll Cutpurse. The history of Moll Cutpurse and its subsequent influence on the women's movement and feminist concerns make this book relevant to women's study courses and this is edition incorporates variant readings found in only one copy of the quarto.
Close Reading
A compact specialist take on The Roaring Girl, tuned for study and staging.
Come here for
- Middleton and Dekker in close reading
- theater-history lens with performance in view
Expect
- close critical attention
- author-following curiosity
Where it sits
| British & Irish Plays | 81% |
|---|---|
| Renaissance Literary Criticism | 26% |
| Drama Criticism | 22% |
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Publisher categories
- British & Irish Plays
- 16th-Century Literary Criticism
- Authors
- Paul Mulholland
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Published
- March 29, 1990
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- British & Irish Plays