Illegitimate Power: Bastards in Renaissance Drama - Couverture rigide

Findlay, Alison

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0719039916 ISBN 13 : 9780719039911

Editeur : Manchester University Press, 1994

Synopsis

In Renaissance drama, the bastard is often an extraordinarily powerful and disruptive figure. Drawing on a wide range of play texts, Findlay shows how illegitimacy encoded and threatened to deconstruct some of the basic tenets of patriarchal rule. She considers bastards as indicators and instigators of crisis in early modern England, reading them in relation to witchcraft, spiritual insecurities and social unrest in the family and State. The characters discussed range from demi-devils, unnatural villains and clowns, to outstandingly heroic or virtuous types who challenge officially-sanctioned ideas of illegitimacy. The final chapter of the book considers bastards in performance - their relationship with theatre spaces and audiences. Illegitimate voices, Findlay argues, can bring about the death of the author/father and open the text as a piece of theatre, challenging accepted notions of authority.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Manchester University Press
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0719039916
• ISBN 13: 9780719039911
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible