Edward II: A Critical Reader

Edward II: A Critical Reader gives students, teachers and scholars alike an overview of the play's reception both in the theatre and among artists and critics, from the end of the 16th century to the beginning of the 21st. The volume also offers a series of new perspectives on the play by leading experts in the field of early modern history and culture. Bolstered with a timeline tracking Marlowe's life and work, an up-to-date bibliography and an extensive index, this collection is an ideal and definitive guide to Edward II.

Kirk Melnikoff is Associate Professor of English at UNC Charlotte, USA. He has published numerous articles and chapters on Elizabethan literature and culture, has edited two volumes on the late sixteenth-century pamphleteer Robert Greene, and is the 2013 co-winner of the Calvin and Rose G. Hoffman Prize for a Distinguished Essay on Christopher Marlowe.

Series Introduction
Edward II Timeline
Introduction
The Critical Backstory: Marlowe's Legacy: A Critical Survey of the Playwright's Reception to 1991
Performance History: “Yet I have a braver way than these”: A Performance History of Edward II
The State of the Art: Edward II: Sexuality, History, and the Theatre
New Directions:
1. Gratia Flagrans: Edward II and the Micro-Macro-politics of (In)Subordination
2. Edward II in Repertory
3. The Corporate Life of Monarch and Minion in Edward II
4. Édouard et Gaverston: New Ways of Looking at an English History Play
Learning and Teaching Resources: History, Politics, and Edward II
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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Edward II: A Critical Reader

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