{"product_id":"edward-ii-9781551119106","title":"Edward II","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDepicting with shocking openness the sexual and political violence of its central characters' fates, \u003cem\u003eEdward the Second\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is a first-rate edition of an increasingly important play. Mathew Martin’s editing of the quarto text of \u003cem\u003eEdward the Second\u003c\/em\u003e is detailed and thoughtful, with copious, insightful annotations, and his critical introduction lucidly explores the play’s theatrical contexts, historiographical concerns, and thematic imperatives. The extensive appendices that conclude the volume are invaluable for understanding the larger historical, political, and sexual contexts of the work. All in all, this is an edition that will greatly benefit both the student reader and the experienced scholar.” — Ian Munro, University of California, Irvine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Mathew Martin’s new edition of \u003cem\u003eEdward the Second\u003c\/em\u003e will serve well the needs of students. The introduction contains a succinct and helpful summary of the pertinent aspects of Marlowe’s life and of the practical concerns of the Elizabethan stage, details the reign of the historical Edward II, and considers early modern and postmodern evaluations of “sodomitical” relationships. Appendices offer important cultural contexts, including passages from Marlowe’s historical sources in Holinshed and Stow, Michael Drayton’s very different poetic account of Edward’s reign, a selection of early modern versions of the tradition of amity (or friendship between men), and Renaissance legal and moral descriptions of sodomy.” — Ian McAdam, University of Lethbridge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eChristopher Marlowe: A Brief Chronology of His Life and Times\u003cbr\u003eA Note on the Text\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEdward the Second\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix A: Marlowe’s Historical Sources\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Raphael Holinshed, \u003cem\u003eThe Third Volume of Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland\u003c\/em\u003e (1587)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom John Stow, \u003cem\u003eThe Annals of England\u003c\/em\u003e (1592)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix B: From Michael Drayton, \u003cem\u003eMortimeriados \u003c\/em\u003e(1596)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix C: The Diana-Actæon Myth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Arthur Golding, \u003cem\u003eThe XV Books of P. Ovidius Naso\u003c\/em\u003e (1567)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonnet V of Samuel Daniel’s Sonnet Sequence \u003cem\u003eDelia \u003c\/em\u003e(1592)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix D: On Friendship\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThomas Elyot, “The True Description of Amity or Friendship” (1580)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Francis Bacon, “Of Friendship” (1625)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Richard Barnfield, “The Tears of an Affectionate Shepherd Sick for Love or The Complaint of Daphnis for the Love of Ganymede” (1594)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix E: Sodomy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“An Act for the Punishment of the Vice of Buggerie” (1587)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEdward Coke, “Of Buggery, or Sodomy” (1644)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Philip Stubbes, \u003cem\u003eThe Anatomy of Abuses \u003c\/em\u003e(1583)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Thomas Beard, \u003cem\u003eThe Theatre of God’s Judgements\u003c\/em\u003e (1597)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix F: Kings and Tyrants\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eAn Homily against Disobedience and Wilful Rebellion\u003c\/em\u003e (1570)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Hugh Languet, \u003cem\u003eVindiciae contra Tyrannos: A Defence of Liberty against Tyrants\u003c\/em\u003e (1648)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom James I of England and VI of Scotland, \u003cem\u003eThe True Law of Free Monarchies\u003c\/em\u003e (1603)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorks Cited and Further Reading\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadview Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041307099479,"sku":"9781551119106","price":20.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781551119106.jpg?v=1750949747","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/edward-ii-9781551119106","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}