Everyman and Mankind (Arden Early Modern Drama) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1904271626 ISBN 13: 9781904271628

Publisher: The Arden Shakespeare, 2009

Synopsis

Everyman and Mankind are morality plays which mark the turn of the medieval period to the early modern, with their focus on the individual. Everyman follows a man's journey towards death and his efforts to secure himself a life thereafter, whilst Mankind shows a man battling with temptation and sin, often with great humour.

Both texts are modernised here and edited to the highest standards
of scholarship, with full on-page commentaries giving the depth of
information and insight associated with all Arden editions.

The comprehensive, illustrated introduction argues that the plays
signal the birth of the early modern consciousness and puts them in
their
historic and religious contexts. An account is also given of the
staging and performance history of the plays and their critical history
and significance. With a wealth of helpful and incisive commentary this
is the finest edition of the plays available.

About this title

About the Author:

Professor Douglas Bruster teaches at the University of Texas at Austin, USA.
Eric Rasmussen is Professor of English at the University of Nevada, USA.

Review:

'The two-hander of Everyman and Mankind gives us plays more often considered to be 'medieval' than 'early modern'...a very positive step as it allows us the chance, within the body of a coherent series, to read the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries as part of the continuum...' Shakespeare Bookshop Newsletter (December 2009)

About this edition

• Publisher: The Arden Shakespeare
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1904271626
• ISBN 13: 9781904271628
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 292
• Editor: Bruster Douglas, Rasmussen Eric