1st Edition

Jacobean Tragedy The Quest for Moral Order

By Irving Ribner Copyright 1962
    194 Pages
    by Routledge

    194 Pages
    by Routledge

    The work of dramatists such as George Chapman, Thomas Heywood, Cyril Tourneur, John Webster, Thomas Middleton and John Ford can profitably be studied as attempts to construct a new moral order in response to the absence or weakening of the religious sanction. In this study, first published in 1962, the author examines these texts in detail, and throws a great deal of light on the plays as plays. This title will be of interest to students of English Literature, Drama and Performance.

    Preface;  1. Introduction  2. George Chapman  3. Thomas Heywood  4. Cyril Tourneur  5. John Webster  6. Thomas Middleton  7. John Ford;  Index

    Biography

    Irving Ribner