Eastward Ho! - Couverture rigide

Chapman, George; Etc.; Jonson, Ben; Marston, John

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0719015146 ISBN 13 : 9780719015144

Editeur : Manchester University Press, 1986

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Eastward Hoe or Eastward Ho, is an early Jacobean era stage play, a satire and city comedy written by George Chapman, Ben Jonson, and John Marston, printed in 1605. The play was written in response to Westward Ho, an earlier satire by Thomas Dekker and John Webster. Eastward Ho offended King James I with its anti-Scottish comedy, which caused Jonson and Chapman to be arrested for a time, and which made their play one of the famous dramatic scandals of its era. The play deals with a goldsmith and his household. He has two apprentices and two daughters. One apprentice, Golding, is industrious and temperate; the other, Quicksilver, is rash and ambitious. One daughter, Mildred, is mild and modest; the other, Gertrude, is vain. Mildred and Golding marry. Gertrude marries the fraudulent Sir Petronel Flash, a man who possesses a title but no money. Sir Petronel promises Gertrude a coach and six and a castle. Sir Petronel takes her dowry and sends her off in a coach for an imaginary castle while he and Quicksilver set off for Virginia after Quicksilver has robbed the goldsmith. During this time, the provident and careful Golding has become a deputy alderman. Quicksilver and Petronel are shipwrecked on the Isle of Dogs and are brought up on charges for their actions. They come before Golding. After time in prison, where they repent of their schemes and dishonesty, Golding has them released.

Biographie de l'auteur

Michael Neill is Professor of English, Department of English,
University of Auckland, New Zealand, and editor of the Oxford
Shakespeare Antony and Cleopatra

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Manchester University Press
• Date d'édition: 1986
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0719015146
• ISBN 13: 9780719015144
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Éditeur: Fossen Richard W. Van, Van Fossen R. W.
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• Personne responsable: non disponible