The Roaring Girl

Dekker Thomas Middleton Thomas

ISBN 10: 071366813X / ISBN 13: 9780713668131

Edité par A & C Black Publishers Ltd., 2003

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pp. 188 20:B&W 5 x 8 in or 203 x 127 mm Perfect Bound on White w/Gloss Lam.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Roaring Girl
• Éditeur: A & C Black Publishers Ltd.
• Date de parution: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 071366813X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780713668131
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• Édition: 2ème Édition
• État de l'article: New

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Synopsis

This Jacobean city comedy is a curiosity in that it presents a
real-life character, the notorious cross-dresser Moll Frith, who
probably was among the first audiences of 'her' play before she was
taken up for public misconduct. Middleton and Dekker's 'roaring girl'
may outrage her society with her pipe, bluster and swagger, but she
turns out to be the moral centre of the play. Her code of honour leads
her to call the bluff on rogues and conspicuous consumers, to thrash a
hypocritical gallant in a duel, and to act as go-between for the young
lovers thwarted by parental tyranny. This wry dramatisation of female
deviancy exposing male ineffectuality is as much to the point today as
it was in King James's England. An appendix helps the modern reader to
appreciate the canting terms used by the low-life characters.

À propos de l?auteur

Thomas Middleton (1580 - 1627) was an English Jacobean playwright and poet.

Thomas Dekker (1570-1632) was an English dramatist.