The Lady’S Trial - Lisa Hopkins

The Lady’S Trial

By John Ford

(Autor)

Lisa Hopkins (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover
240 Seiten
2015
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-0-7190-9990-8 (ISBN)
24,90 inkl. MwSt
The first scholarly edition of a little-known play by a major Renaissance playwright, which interestingly reworks Othello. -- .
The Lady’s Trial, Ford's last play, encapsulates the final development of his own unique theatrical aesthetic whilst looking back to the drama of his youth, most notably Othello, whose story is here rewritten.

In Ford’s version, the supposedly wronged husband, the victorious general Auria, does not simply take the word of his friend, the well-intentioned but overly suspicious Aurelio, that his wife, Spinella, is unfaithful: instead he does what Othello apparently never even thinks of doing, and conducts a rational, public sifting of the apparent evidence, at the end of which Spinella is triumphantly cleared. In combining this story of public vindication with his distinctive dramatic style of delicate reticence, Ford offers a powerful exploration of both the capabilities and the limitations of language and its role in human relationships.

Newly available in paperback, the first scholarly edition of this undeservedly neglected play situates it in its dramatic and historical contexts and helps elucidate Ford’s understated, allusive style. -- .

Lisa Hopkins is Professor of English at Sheffield Hallam University. -- .

General Editors’ Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
The Text
Index -- .

Reihe/Serie The Revels Plays
Verlagsort Manchester
Sprache englisch
Maße 138 x 216 mm
Gewicht 213 g
Themenwelt Literatur Lyrik / Dramatik Dramatik / Theater
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10 0-7190-9990-0 / 0719099900
ISBN-13 978-0-7190-9990-8 / 9780719099908
Zustand Neuware
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