John Marston of the Middle Temple : : An Elizabethan Dramatist in His Social Setting / / Philip J. Finkelpearl.

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• VerfasserIn: Finkelpearl, Philip J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1969
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (275 p.)

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- One. The Milieu of the Inns of Court -- I. The Inns of Court in the Late Sixteenth Century -- II. Literary Life at the Inns of Court in the Latter Half of the Sixteenth Century -- III. Revels Inns of at the Court -- IV. The Middle Temple’s “Prince D’Amour” Revels of 1597–98 -- V. The Political Climate at the Inns of Court (1590–1615) -- VI. “The Noblest Nourceries of Humanity and Liberty” -- Two. Playwright at the Inns of Court: John Marston -- VII. John Marston’s Early Writing -- VIII. Jack Drum’s Entertainment: Speech and Style at Highgate -- IX. The Antonio Plays: “What Men Must Be” -- X. What You Will or Don Kynsayder’s Descent from Parnassus -- XI. The Malcontent: Virtuous Machiavellianism -- XII. The Dutch Curtezan: “Rich Sence” and “Bad Language” -- XIII. Parasitaster or The Fawne: King James and the Prince D’Amour -- XIV. Sophonisba: Wonder and Shame -- XV. Conclusion: A “Timely Change” -- Appendix A. Some Important Figures at the Inns of Court (1590–1610) -- Appendix B. Chronological Table of Events in Marston’s Life and Related Events at the Middle Temple -- Appendix C. The Date of the Antonio Plays and Their Chronological Relationship to Hamlet -- Index