Love's Cure, or the Martial Maid: By John Fletcher and Philip Massinger by Jos?

Description: Love's Cure, or the Martial Maid by José A. Pérez Díez A fully annotated critical edition of John Fletcher and Philip Massingers ground-breaking comedy Loves Cure, or The Martial Maid (1615), a fascinating exploration of the journey of two transgender characters in an adverse heteronormative society. This Revels Plays edition offers a modernised text and a full critical commentary. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description John Fletcher and Philip Massingers comedy Loves Cure, or The Martial Maid (1615) is an innovative and provocative play that explores the struggle of two transgender siblings, Lucio and Clara, who have been brought up as members of their opposite genders. After twenty years of separation, they are forced to switch around their gender identities, facing fierce scrutiny from their family and the cruelly heteronormative society of early modern Seville. This Revels Plays volume is the first fully annotated, single-volume critical edition of the play ever to be published. The text has been modernised and is accompanied by full commentary. The introduction presents ground-breaking research on the plays remarkable engagement with its Spanish literary sources, and it provides a full discussion of its dating, authorship, and reception by literary critics and in the theatre. Author Biography Jose A. Perez Dez is Lecturer in Early Modern Drama in the School of English at the University of Leeds Table of Contents Introduction LOVES CURE, OR THE MARTIAL MAID Appendices 1 Press variants 2 Compositorial analysis and running titles 3 Censorship in F 4 Pioratos song 5 Disputed narrative sources Review The culmination of more than a decade of patient textual comparison, collation, and emendation coupled with extensive biographical and historical research, José A. Pérez Díezs Revels edition of Loves Cure, or The Martial Maid constitutes an important addition to the relatively small extant body of Fletcher-associated plays available as single volume texts. Supplying us with an accessible modern spelling text of a play that twenty-first century instructors and students will likely find compelling, the editions extensive, efficiently organized front matter offers a clear-eyed glimpse into the literary-historical matters that complicate study of the playwright and his collaborators Early Theatre -- . Details ISBN152617880X Author José A. Pérez Díez Pages 288 Publisher Manchester University Press Series The Revels Plays Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781526178800 Format Paperback Publication Date 2024-04-30 Imprint Manchester University Press Subtitle By John Fletcher and Philip Massinger Place of Publication Manchester Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by José A. Pérez Díez DEWEY 822.3 Illustrations 9 black & white illustrations Audience General UK Release Date 2024-04-30 ISBN-10 152617880X AU Release Date 2024-08-06 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159619696;

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