The Family of Love charts a successful love 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 husband's 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 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 play's disputed authorship. Tomlinson highlights Barry's rich vein of burlesque humour in a comedy that combines magic, a trunk, and a mock-court session with vigorous colloquial language.
Edited by:
Sophie Tomlinson
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 138mm,
Spine: 14mm
Weight: 302g
ISBN: 9781526178879
ISBN 10: 1526178877
Series: The Revels Plays
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 04 September 2024
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
INTRODUCTION The Text Lording Barry: Playwright, Pirate, Gentleman The ‘Moment’ of The Family of Love, 1605-1606 The Authorship Debate Sources and Intertexts Staging and Stagecraft The Play Genre ‘I hope my body has no organs’ (3.2.25): Language and Style ‘Efficacy in carnal mixtures’ (3.2.45): Marriage and Sexuality The Death of Melancholy THE FAMILY OF LOVE APPENDICES A Marginal Annotations in The Familie of Love B ‘ “Marstonian? ’ Features of The Family of Loveidentified by Charles Cathcart C Representations of the Family of Love in King James I, Basilicon Doron (1603) and John Rogers, The Displaying of an Horrible Sect (1578). INDEX -- .
Sophie Tomlinson is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Auckland, in New Zealand Aotearoa
Reviews for The Family of Love: By Lording Barry
‘It’s an excellent edition. The introduction is splendid and the commentary gives readers all the help they could want. Barry could never have imagined that his play would receive such fine, meticulous scholarship four centuries after his death.’ Macdonald P. Jackson, Professor Emeritus, University of Auckland -- .
