Biblical Drama under the Tudors
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16345839 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ruth H Blackburn (corresponding author), Ian Lancashire (0000-0003-3700-9917) |
| Year | 1969 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 133-134 |
| Publication date | 1969-12-31 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Renaissance and Reformation (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-429X • E-ISSN: 2293-7374 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Libraries - UOTL (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.33137/rr.v9i3.13814 |
| OpenAlex | W1870350300 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Maid's Tragedy or Pbilaster, it is time for him to question his own assumptions.The primary assumption behind Kirsch's theory about "providential" unity is the idea that a play cannot be good if its merits are "merely" theatrical; it must also present a morally coherent picture of the real world.Plays that present such pictures (Shakespeare's, Middleton's, Jonson's) receive Kirsch's approval, and are treated to some extremely penetrating critical discussion -indeed, the chapter on Middleton stands along with Richard Levin's essays in The Multiple Plot as the most illuminating criticism we have on that playwright.But when a play fails this arbitrary test.Kirsch subjects it to lamentably reductive analysis, and misses the valuable theatrical experiences that it does offer us; this is especially true of his chapters on Marston and Ford.Perhaps critics should simply stay away from works that
Art · Drama · Literature · History · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1988 - 2019 (32) |
| Highly cited | No |