The Knight of the Burning Pestle

Author:   Francis Beaumont ,  Todd Pettigrew
Publisher:   Broadview Press Ltd
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9781554815197


Pages:   228
Publication Date:   29 November 2022
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Francis Beaumont ,  Todd Pettigrew
Publisher:   Broadview Press Ltd
Imprint:   Broadview Press Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.258kg
ISBN:  

9781554815197


ISBN 10:   1554815193
Pages:   228
Publication Date:   29 November 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction Francis Beaumont: A Brief Chronology A Note on the Text The Knight of the Burning Pestle Appendix A: Knights to Remember 1. From The History of Palmerin D’Oliva (1581) 2. From Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote (1605) Appendix B: The Theatre 1. From Thomas Dekker, The Gull’s Hornbook (1609) 2. From William Shakespeare, Macbeth (1606) 3. From Thomas Heywood, The Four Prentices of London (1592) Appendix C: Surgeons, Surgery, and Syphilis 1. From William Clowes, Morbus Gallicus (1579) 2. From John Cotta, A Short Discovery (1612) Appendix D: “This stinking Tobacco” 1. From John Beaumont, The Metamorphosis of Tobacco (1602) 2. From James I, A Counterblaste to Tobacco (1604) 3. From Tarlton’s Jests (1611) Works Cited and Select Bibliography

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This excellent edition of The Knight of the Burning Pestle is ideal for use in the classroom, the theatre, and the study. Todd Pettigrew's smart and accessible introduction locates Beaumont's popular comedy within the context of early modern theatrical conventions, emphasizing the many ways that it deploys satire to complicate and challenge familiar dramatic tropes and structures. Convenient accounts of the playwright's biography and of the authorship, dating, and reception history of the play are included, and the text itself is thoughtfully and clearly glossed. Most excitingly, the volume's rich appendices include a fascinating array of intertexts for the play, including excerpts from early modern romances, accounts of theatrical and medical practices, and discussions about tobacco use. -- Jessica Slights, Acadia University


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Todd H.J. Pettigrew is Professor of English at Cape Breton University. He is the author of Shakespeare and the Practice of Physic (Delaware, 2007) and the senior editor of The Major Works of John Cotta (Brill, 2018).

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