A scholarly, modern-spelling edition of a play by the Caroline dramatist John Ford, which has not seen much previous critical attention due to being accidentally omitted from the 1652 edition of his complete works. The introduction resituates the play in the Ford canon and explores how it spoke to audiences when it was first composed in the late 1620s, when it tapped into the contemporary fascination with the pathology of melancholy, and also when it was finally published in 1653. By this time the play's main plot about a sovereign who is threatened with execution would have recalled the beheading of Charles I four years earlier. The play can thus be seen as examining both psychology and politics.
By:
Lisa Hopkins Imprint: Manchester University Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 138mm,
ISBN:9781526181145 ISBN 10: 1526181142 Series:The Revels Plays Pages: 160 Publication Date:28 January 2025 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
Introduction The Queen, or the Excellency of her Sex Collation notes Commentary Index -- .
Lisa Hopkins is Professor Emerita of English at Sheffield Hallam University.
