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Ford, John - 1586–c.1640, English dramatist, b. Devonshire. He went to London to study law but was never called to the bar. The early part of his playwriting career was taken up with collaborations, primarily with Dekker. His three major tragedies, 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, The Broken Heart, and Love's Sacrifice, and a historical play, Perkin Warbeck appeared between 1627 and 1634. Ford was

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John Ford and the Drama of His Time » Read Now
by Clifford Leech. 144 pgs.

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...Professor Davrils book or Mr H. J. Oliver The Problem of John Ford Melbourne, 1955 . In revising and considerably extending...BEGINNINGS IT is probable that when Hamlet was...
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The Lover's Melancholy; The Broken Heart; 'Tis Pity She's a Whore; Perkin Warbeck » Read Now
by John Ford, Marion Lomax. 382 pgs.

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Ford wrote darkly about sexual and political passion, thwarted ambition, and incest. This selection of four plays also shows his ability to portray the poignancy of love as well as write entertaining comedy and create convincing roles for women. Setting Ford's earliest surviving...
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Ford wrote darkly about sexual and political passion, thwarted ambition, and incest. This selection of four plays also shows his ability to portray the poignancy of love as well as write entertaining comedy and create convincing roles for women. Setting Ford's earliest surviving independently-written play, The Lover's Melancholy, alongside his three best-known works, The Broken Heart, 'Tis a Pity She's a Whore, and Perkin Warbeck, this edition includes an introduction with sections on each play, addressing gender issues, modern relevance, and staging possibilities.
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Counterfeiting Shakespeare: Evidence, Authorship, and John Ford's Funerall Elegye » Read Now
by Brian Vickers. 568 pgs.

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Brian Vickers addresses the fundamental issues of what Shakespeare actually wrote, and how this is determined. In recent years Shakespeare's authorship has been claimed for two poems, the lyric "Shall I die?" and A Funerall Elegye. These attributions have been accepted into certain major editions of...
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Brian Vickers addresses the fundamental issues of what Shakespeare actually wrote, and how this is determined. In recent years Shakespeare's authorship has been claimed for two poems, the lyric "Shall I die?" and A Funerall Elegye. These attributions have been accepted into certain major editions of Shakespeare's works. Through a new examination of the evidence, Professor Vickers shows that neither poem has the stylistic and imaginative qualities we associate with Shakespeare. He identifies the poet and dramatist John Ford as the actual author of the Elegye.
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Shakespeare's Contemporaries: Modern Studies in English Renaissance Drama ("John Ford: The Last Jacobean Tragedy" begins on p. 282) » Read Now
by Max M. Bluestone, Norman M. Rabkin. 300 pgs.

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...The Complete Works of John Lyly . 3 vols. Oxford...Wilson John Dover. John Lyly . Cambridge, Eng...From English Tragedy Before Shakespeare...Spanish Tragedy in the Temple...
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Studies in the English Renaissance Drama ("The Mystery of Perkin Warbeck" begins on p. 125) » Read Now
by Josephine W. Bennett, Oscar Cargill, Vernon Hall. 368 pgs.

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...drama of all nations and all ages. In English drama, however, it can hardly have been...Menander. The first regular comedies in English, Ralph Roister Doister and...
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An Introduction to Stuart Drama (Chap. XIV "John Ford: Tragedies of Melancholy") » Read Now
by Frederick S. Boas. 446 pgs.

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...reflected in plays by John Ford, William Davenant, and...colour to the work of John Ford who carries on the tragic...of plays in Latin and English, the latter...
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Staging Passion in Ford's the Lover's Melancholy, in Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 » Read Now
by Lisa Hopkins. 17 pgs.

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Touching Touchets: Perkin Warbeck and the Buggery Statute, in Renaissance Quarterly » Read Now
by Lisa Hopkins. 18 pgs.

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...of the famous lawyer Sir John Popham, is likely to have...proceedings. For similar reasons, Ford could also have expected...124-49. New York, 1963. Ford, John. Perkin...
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The Adaptation of a Shakespearean Genre: 'Othello' and Ford's 'Tis Pity She's a Whore,' in Renaissance Quarterly » Read Now
by Raymond Powell. 11 pgs.

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...English Literature 7 (1967): 269-76. Leech, Clifford. John Ford and the Drama of His Time. London, 1957. Lomax, Marion...Othello. Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1961. Sargeaunt...
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"This Idol Thou Ador'st": The Iconography of 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, in Papers on Language & Literature » Read Now
by Laurel Amtower. 28 pgs.

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...and the Banquet: Imagery in Fords Tis Pity and The Broken Heart." Studies in English Literature 2 (1962): 209-17. -- John Ford. New York: Twayne, 1972. Augustine...
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Monarchy and Incest in Renaissance England: Literature, Culture, Kinship, and Kingship ("John Ford's Tremulous Private Heaven" begins on p. 121) » Read Now
by Bruce Thomas Boehrer. 194 pgs.

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...Man 116 John Fords Tremulous Private...versions of my work on Ford, Tyndale, and Milton respectively...line of succession to the English throne. But in achieving...incest a...
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Issues of Death: Mortality and Identity in English Renaissance Tragedy (Discussion of John Ford begins on p. 354) » Read Now
by Michael Neill. 404 pgs.

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Issues of Death offers a fresh approach to the tragic drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Starting from the premise that "death" is a historical construct that is differently experienced in every culture, it treats Renaissance tragedy as an instrument for reimagining the human encounter...
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Issues of Death offers a fresh approach to the tragic drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Starting from the premise that "death" is a historical construct that is differently experienced in every culture, it treats Renaissance tragedy as an instrument for reimagining the human encounter with death. Analyses of major plays by Marlowe, Kyd, Shakespeare, Webster, Middleton, and Ford explore the relation of tragedy to the macabre tradition, to the apocalyptic displays of the anatomy theatre, and to the spectacular arts of funeral.
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The Age of Milton: An Encyclopedia of Major 17th-Century British and American Authors (Discussion of John Ford begins on p. 139) » Read Now
by Alan Hager. 392 pgs.

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The 17th century was a time of significant cultural and political change. The era saw the rise of exploration and travel, the growth of the scientific method, and the spread of challenges to conventional religion. Many of these developments occurred in England and North America, and literature of...
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The 17th century was a time of significant cultural and political change. The era saw the rise of exploration and travel, the growth of the scientific method, and the spread of challenges to conventional religion. Many of these developments occurred in England and North America, and literature of the period reflects the intellectual and emotional fervor of the age. This reference chronicles the lives and works of more than 75 British and American writers of the 17th century.
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