A student edition of Marston's classic play. Cover -- Contents -- John Marston: 1576-1634 -- Background to the play -- The theatrical context -- From Elizabethan to Jacobean -- Influences on Marston's thought -- Plot and development -- Commentary --...
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A student edition of Marston's classic play. Cover -- Contents -- John Marston: 1576-1634 -- Background to the play -- The theatrical context -- From Elizabethan to Jacobean -- Influences on Marston's thought -- Plot and development -- Commentary -- The structure of the play -- The effect of the 'augmentations' -- The use of music -- Levels of theatricality -- The Italianate setting -- The language of the play -- The visual dimension -- The problem of form -- The characters: 'acting' and 'personation' -- Themes and conventions -- The revenge tradition -- Anatomy of the 'malcontent' -- The politics of sexuality -- The wheel of fortune -- 'Pissing against the world'? -- Further reading -- THE MALCONTENT -- Act One -- Act Two -- Act Three -- Act Four -- Act Five -- Notes.
