The Knight of the Burning Pestle
Broadview Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-55481-519-7 (ISBN)
This volume presents a fresh new edition of the most important play by one of Shakespeare’s most creative contemporaries. Francis Beaumont’s The Knight of the Burning Pestle is a free-wheeling, satirical romp through the world of early modern theatre. Hilarious, outrageous, and unpredictable, Beaumont’s comedy confounded its first audiences but has since been recognized as a singular comedic gem from the golden age of English playmaking.
Todd Pettigrew’s new Broadview Edition provides an engaging and up-to-date introduction to the play, a clean, modern edition of the text, and detailed annotations. A rich selection of historical appendices provides additional ways to understand the play’s complex literary allusions and cultural contexts.
Todd H.J. Pettigrew is Professor of English at Cape Breton University. He is the author of Shakespeare and the Practice of Physic (Delaware, 2007) and the senior editor of The Major Works of John Cotta (Brill, 2018).
APPENDICES Appendix A: Knights to Remember
1.From The History of Palmerin D’Oliva
2.From Don Quixote (1605/1612) by Miguel De Cervantes
Appendix B: The Theatre
1.From The Gull’s Hornbook (1609), by Thomas Dekker
2.From Macbeth (1606) by William Shakespeare
3.From The Four Prentices of London (1592) by Thomas Heywood
Appendix C: Surgeons, Surgery, and Syphilis
1.From Morbus Gallicus (1579) by William Clowes
2.From The Short Discovery (1612) by John Cotta
Appendix D: “This stinking Tobacco”
1.From The Metamorphosis of Tobacco (1602) by John Beaumont
2.From A Counterblaste to Tobacco (1604) by James I
3.From Tarlton’s Jests
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.12.2022 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Peterborough |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 363 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-55481-519-3 / 1554815193 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-55481-519-7 / 9781554815197 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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