Edward II: A Chronicle Play (Brecht, Bertolt) - Softcover

Brecht, Bertolt; Marlowe, Christopher

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802151477 ISBN 13: 9780802151476

Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing, 1994

Synopsis

"This exciting new edition of Edward II is indeed reader friendly. Of particular distinction are the introductory sections which include a thorough account of Marlowe's biography, a fresh critical examination of the play, plus a bibliography for further reading; a wise consideration of the date and text; and extensive annotations, especially helpful to students who have difficulties with the language. Of special value to both students and scholars are the Related Texts that follow the text of the play: three sections of documentary evidence on historical sources; power and politics; and love, friendship, and homoeroticism--all vital to an understanding of the play. No previous edition of the play manages to encompass so much." --Robert A. Logan, University of Hartford

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Depicting with shocking openness the sexual and political violence of its central characters' fates, Edward the Second broke new dramatic ground in English theatre. The play charts the tragic rise and fall of the medieval English monarch Edward the Second, his favourite Piers Gaveston, and their ambitious opponents Queen Isabella and Mortimer Jr., and is an important cultural, as well as dramatic, document of the early modern period.

This modernized and fully annotated Broadview Edition is prefaced by a critical but student-oriented introduction and followed by ample appendix material, including extended selections from Marlowe's historical sources, texts bearing on the play's complex sexual and political dynamics, and excerpts from contemporary poet Michael Drayton's epic rendition of Edward the Second's reign.

About the Author:

Stephen J. Lynch is Professor of English and Director of the Liberal Arts Honors Program at Providence College.

About this edition

• Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0802151477
• ISBN 13: 9780802151476
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 100
• Illustrator: Bentley Eric