{"product_id":"old-fortunatus-by-thomas-dekker-the-revels-plays-9780719089435","title":"Old Fortunatus By Thomas Dekker The Revels Plays","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten in a period characterized by increased mobility and the development of proto-capitalism, Thomas Dekker’s \u003ci\u003eOld Fortunatus \u003c\/i\u003e(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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'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.'\u003cbr\u003eRenaissance and Reformation \/ Renaissance et Réforme\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This new edition of \u003ci\u003eOld Fortunatus\u003c\/i\u003e 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.'\u003cbr\u003eEarly Theatre\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e  Authorship and the lost play(s)\u003cbr\u003e   The text\u003cbr\u003e   The German play\u003cbr\u003e   Sources \u003cbr\u003e   Performance history\u003cbr\u003e   Critical reception\u003cbr\u003e   Act and scene divisions\u003cbr\u003e   Press-variants\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOld Fortunatus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48736162677079,"sku":"9780719089435","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/old-fortunatus-by-thomas-dekker-the-revels-plays-9780719089435","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}