Galatea (Revels Student Editions)

Galatea (Revels Student Editions)
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Devised as an entertainment for a Tudor monarch, Galatea might be seen, paradoxically, as a parable for our time. Inhabiting a world engaged in a process of change, the characters find themselves locked in a series of transgressive situations that speak directly to contemporary experience and twenty-first-century critical concerns. Same-sex relationships, shifts of authority, and the destabilization of meaning all lend the play a surprising modernity, making it at once the most accessible of Lylyâ‚¬s plays and the one most frequently performed today.

Designed for the student reader, Leah Scraggâ‚¬s edition offers a range of perspectives on the work. An extensive introduction locates the play in the context of the Elizabethan court, opening a window onto a kind of drama very different from that of more familiar sixteenth-century writers, such as Marlowe and Shakespeare. The latterâ‚¬s indebtedness to the play is fully documented, while detailed critical and performance histories allow an insight into the workâ‚¬s susceptibility to reinterpretation.
Country USA
Brand Manchester University Press
Manufacturer Manchester University Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780719088056
ReleaseDate 2012-10-30
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780719088056

Country	USA
Brand	Manchester University Press
Manufacturer	Manchester University Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780719088056
ReleaseDate	2012-10-30
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780719088056

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