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Author: Francis BeaumontThe Knight of the Burning Pestle
Author: Francis BeaumontPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408144107
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
'Let him kill a lion with a pestle, husband; let him kill a lion with a pestle.' So exclaims the Grocer's wife who, with her husband and servants, is attending one of the London's elite playhouses where a theatre comany has just begun to perform. Peeved at the fact that all the plays they see are satires on the lives and values of London's citizenry, the Grocer and his wife interrupt and demand a play that instead contains chivalric quests and courtly love. What's more, they nominate their apprentice Rafe to take on the hero's role of the knight in this entirely new play. The author, Francis Beaumont, ends up not just satirising the grocers' naive taste for romance but parodying his own example of citizen comedy. This play-within-a-play becomes a pastiche of contemporary plays that scorned those who were not courtiers or at least gentlemen or ladies. Like Cervantes in Don Quixote, Beaumont exposes the folly of those that take representations for realities, but also celebrates their idealism and love of adventure. The editor, Michael Hattaway, is editor of plays by Shakespeare and Jonson as well as of several volumes of critical essays, and author of Elizabethan Popular Theatre, Hamlet: The Critics Debate, and Renaissance and Reformations: An Introduction to Early Modern English Literature. He is Professor Emeritus of English Literature in the University of Sheffield.
The Knight of The Burning Pestle
Author: Francis Beaumont (dramaturge).)Publisher: Univ of California Press
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Languages : en
Pages : 136
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The Knight of the Burning Pestle
Author: Francis BeaumontThe Knight of the Burning Pestle
Author: Francis BeaumontThe Knight of the Burning Pestle
Author: Francis BeaumontPalmerin of England
Author: Francisco de MoraisPublisher: London, Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme
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Category : Palmerin of England (Romance)
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
She Wou'd If She Cou'd
Author: Sir George EtheregeThe Knight of the Burning Pestle
Author: Henry Holt and CompanyPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781022686809
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Knight of the Burning Pestle is a comedic play by Francis Beaumont that follows the story of a grocer and his wife who interrupt a staged performance with their own desires and commentary. Henry Holt and Company's edition of this classic play includes a modern introduction and a glossary of terms to help readers navigate the language of the original text. With biting wit and clever satire, The Knight of the Burning Pestle is a timeless piece of English literature that will delight readers of all ages. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.