 |
|
|
Item Details
| Title:
|
THE WITCH
|
| By: |
Elizabeth Schafer (Editor), Thomas Middleton |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
| List price:
|
£9.99 |
|
We believe that this item is permanently unavailable, and so we cannot source
it.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ISBN 10: |
1408144581 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781408144589 |
| Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC |
| Pub. date: |
18 June, 2014 |
| Series: |
New Mermaids |
| Description: |
This play written in the early 1600s is an ironic comedy which offerscontrast and comparison with Shakespeare's Macbeth" in its handling ofwitchcraft. It includes a biography of the writer, a criticalintroduction, discussion of dates and sources and is fully annotated." |
| Synopsis: |
The Witch (1615/16?), categorised by its author as `a tragi-comedy',pits the intrigues of a group of Italian aristocrats against themalevolent practices of Hecate and her witches' coven, leaving theaudience with the impression that human malevolence is by far thefiercer and more effective. This edition sets the play into itsdramatic and literary contexts, ranging from Shakespeare's Macbeth andMiddleton's own later tragedies to Reginald Scot's sceptical Discoveryof Witchcraft and King James's virulent Daemonologie. It also arguesthat Middleton wrote it as a topical satire to capitalise on thescandal involving Frances Howard, who obtained a divorce from the Earlof Essex on the grounds that he had been sexually incapacitated bywitchcraft; she was also rumoured to have tried to poison him.Middleton exposes his noble characters precisely by letting them getaway with murder. |
| Illustrations: |
c 5 photographs/line drawings |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Methuen Drama |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
|
|
|
 |
Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr
A celebratory, inclusive and educational exploration of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr for both children that celebrate and children who want to understand and appreciate their peers who do.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|