Description
Book SynopsisWritten in a period characterized by increased mobility and the development of proto-capitalism, Thomas Dekker’s
Old Fortunatus (1599) is a journeying play that offers joyous celebration of the pleasures of travel and a circumspect critique of spendthrift indulgence. This Revels Plays edition makes Dekker’s neglected stage romance newly available.
Trade Review'McInnis has produced an admirable, rigorous, and reliable scholarly edition. He has given criticism a chance to match this editorial achievement with insights of comparable height and nuance.'
Renaissance and Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme
'This new edition of Old Fortunatus is a valuable intervention. It brings the play into focus for advanced teaching and research. It suggests some of the ways Dekker’s dramaturgy embodies the possessive imagination that structures English travel writing and proto-colonial fantasy in the period.'
Early Theatre
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Table of ContentsList of illustrations
Abbreviations
Introduction
Authorship and the lost play(s)
The text
The German play
Sources
Performance history
Critical reception
Act and scene divisions
Press-variants
Old Fortunatus
Index
