A Study of Cyril Tourneur

A Study of Cyril Tourneur
Author: Peter B. Murray
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2016-11-11
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1512804843
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Cyril Tourneur was a significant Jacobean poet and dramatist, yet until now there has been now full scale interpretation of his works. Critics have perhaps hesitated to undertake such a study because much of Tourneur's writing has been regarded as neurotic self-expression rather than art, and almost nothing is known of his life. In this penetrating study, however, Peter B. Murray analyzes the art and relates them to the artistic conventions and the thought of their day. Murray finds that Tourneur was not a neurotic but an objective, artistic craftsman. In both techniques and themes, Tourneur emerges as a defender of Elizabethan ideals—a follower of Spenser and Shakespeare and a supporter of the Anglican center against the extremes of Puritanism and atheism. In his study of The Revenger's Tragedy, commonly attributed to Tourneur, Murray turns up new and possibly conclusive linguistic evidence that the play was written by Thomas Middleton and has therefore discussed it apart from Tourneur's work. Murray's examination of The Revenger's Tragedy shows that its author, like Middleton, is a detached ironist and not despairing and obsessed with vice as he has often been supposed to be.

Complete Plays and Poetry of Thomas Middleton (Delphi Classics)

Complete Plays and Poetry of Thomas Middleton (Delphi Classics)
Author: Thomas Middleton
Publisher: Delphi Classics
Total Pages: 5408
Release: 2016-01-18
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 178656016X
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The Jacobean playwright Thomas Middleton stands with John Fletcher and Ben Jonson as one of the most successful and prolific playwrights of his time. Middleton achieved equal success in comedy and tragedy, producing a diverse range of dramatic and poetic works. This comprehensive eBook presents Middleton’s complete plays and poetry, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Middleton’s life and works * Concise introductions to the famous plays * All 32 plays, with individual contents tables * Includes rare attributions, available in no other collection * Images of how the plays were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the play texts * Features Middleton’s complete poetry – available in no other collection * Easily locate the poems you want to read * Includes a special ‘Glossary of Elizabethan Language’, helping your comprehension of rare words and phrases * Features two biographies - discover Middleton’s medieval life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Plays THE PHOENIX BLURT, MASTER CONSTABLE THE HONEST WHORE, PART I MICHAELMAS TERM A TRICK TO CATCH THE OLD ONE A MAD WORLD, MY MASTERS A YORKSHIRE TRAGEDY TIMON OF ATHENS THE FAMILY OF LOVE THE PURITAN THE REVENGER’S TRAGEDY YOUR FIVE GALLANTS ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL THE BLOODY BANQUET THE ROARING GIRL NO WIT, NO HELP LIKE A WOMAN’S THE SECOND MAIDEN’S TRAGEDY A CHASTE MAID IN CHEAPSIDE WIT AT SEVERAL WEAPONS MORE DISSEMBLERS BESIDES WOMEN THE WIDOW THE WITCH A FAIR QUARREL THE OLD LAW HENGIST, KING OF KENT WOMEN BEWARE WOMEN MEASURE FOR MEASURE ANYTHING FOR A QUIET LIFE THE CHANGELING THE NICE VALOUR THE SPANISH GYPSY A GAME AT CHESS The Poetry THOMAS MIDDLETON’S POEMS The Biographies THOMAS MIDDLETON by Algernon Charles Swinburne INTRODUCTION TO THOMAS MIDDLETON by A. H. Bullen Glossary of Elizabethan Language Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks