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Ford wrote darkly about sexual and political passion, despair, thwarted ambition, and incest. This selection also shows his ability to portray the poignancy of love as well as write entertaining comedy and create convincing roles for women. His Annabella, Hippolita, Penthea, Calantha, and Katherine Gordon rank among the most dramatically powerful female characters on the post-Shakespearean stage. Setting Ford's earliest surviving independently-written play, The Lover's Melancholy, alongside his three best known works, this edition includes an introduction with sections on each play addressing gender issues, modern relevance, and staging possibilities. Under the General Editorship of Michael Cordner of the University of York, the texts of the plays have been newly edited and are presented with modernized spelling and punctuation, supplemented by detailed annotation. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: 'Tis Pity She's a Whore and Other Plays
• Author: John Ford
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416
• EAN: 9780199553860
• ISBN: 0199553866
• ID: 01176515
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Weight: 304 g
• Dimensions: 192 × 133 × 25 mm
• Date of publishing: 10. July 2008

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