The Renegado by Philip Massinger

The Renegado by Philip Massinger

The Renegado is one of the most shamelessly entertaining plays of its age, fetching its inspiration from a number of works by Cervantes, based on his own experiences as a captive in Algiers. Introducing the eroticized captivity narrative to the English stage, Massinger's tragicomedy combines it with the long-popular romance motif of a Christian hero's conquest of an exotic princess. But even as it indulges in romantic fantasy, The Renegado engages with contentious issues of national and international politics, offering a provocative response to the sectarian feuds dividing England in the 1620s, while exploiting wider European fears of the expansionist Muslim empire of the Ottomans. Through its treatment of religious confrontation and conversion, Massinger's play offers important insights into early modern constructions of the Islamic world, and emerges as a piece with unexpected resonances for our own time.

‘Fascinating reading' * Times Literary Supplement, June 2010, on the Arden Early Modern Drama series *

Michael Neill is a Professor at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

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ISBN 13	9781904271611
ISBN 10	1904271618
Titel	The Renegado
Autor	Philip Massinger
Serie	Arden Early Modern Drama
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Erscheinungsjahr	2010-03-30
Seitenanzahl	272
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