{"product_id":"arden-of-faversham-a-critical-reader-9781350270176","title":"Arden of Faversham A Critical Reader","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the earliest domestic tragedies, \u003ci\u003eArden of Faversham\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful Elizabethan drama based on the real-life murder of Thomas Arden. This \u003ci\u003eCritical Reader \u003c\/i\u003epresents the first collection of essays specifically focused upon \u003ci\u003eArden of Faversham\u003c\/i\u003e. It highlights the way in which this important play from the early 1590s stands at several different critical intersections. Focused research chapters propose new directions for exploring the play in the light of ecocriticism, genre studies, critical race studies and narratives of dispossession. It also looks forward to \u003ci\u003eArden of Faversham\u003c\/i\u003e's role and status in a less author-centred critical climate. Chapters explore how this anonymous and canonically marginal play has been approached in the past by scholars and theatre-makers and the frameworks that have offered productive insight into its unique features. The volume includes chapters covering a wide range of critical discourses and resources available for its study, as\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes on Contributors  Introduction: Peter Kirwan (\u003ci\u003eMary Baldwin University, USA\u003c\/i\u003e) and Duncan Salkeld (\u003ci\u003eUniversity of Roehampton, UK\u003c\/i\u003e)   1. The Critical Backstory: \u003ci\u003eThe Tragedy of Master Arden of Faversham\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eJane Kingsley-Smith, University of Roehampton, UK\u003c\/i\u003e)   2. The Performance History: ‘Poor wench abused by thy misgovernment’: \u003ci\u003eArden of Faversham on Stage\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eKathleen Bradley, independent scholar\u003c\/i\u003e)   3. The State of the Art: Locating Criticism of \u003ci\u003eArden of Faversham, \u003c\/i\u003e2000 to the present (\u003ci\u003eCatherine Richardson, University of Kent, UK\u003c\/i\u003e)   4. New Directions: Susan of Faversham: Silence, Subordination and Siblinghood in \u003ci\u003eArden\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eEmma Whipday, Newcastle University, UK\u003c\/i\u003e)   5. New Directions: Mist Opportunities: The Play of the Weather in \u003ci\u003eArden of Faversham\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eChloe Kathleen Preedy, University of Exeter, UK\u003c\/i\u003e)   6. New Directions: ‘What manner of man was he?’: Will and the Making of Textual Blackness in \u003ci\u003eArden of Faversham\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eBrandi K. Adams, Arizona State University, USA\u003c\/i\u003e)   7. New Directions: Crimson Snow: \u003ci\u003eArden of Faversham\u003c\/i\u003e as Golden Age Detective Story (\u003ci\u003eLisa Hopkins, Sheffield Hallam University, UK\u003c\/i\u003e)  8. Pedagogy: ‘Now I take you’: Approaches to Teaching \u003ci\u003eArden of Faversham\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eKirsten N. Mendoza, University of Drayton, USA\u003c\/i\u003e)  Select Bibliography  Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019647975767,"sku":"9781350270176","price":76.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350270176.jpg?v=1750780900","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/arden-of-faversham-a-critical-reader-9781350270176","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}