'tis Pity She's A Whore: A Critical Guide It's A Pity She's A Whore It Is A Pity She Is A Whore

John Ford's tragedy 'Tis Pity She's A Whore was first performed between 1629 and 1633 and since then its themes of incest, love versus duty and forbidden passion have made it a widely studied and performed, if controversial, play. This guide offers students an introduction to its critical and performance history, including TV and film adaptations. It includes a keynote chapter outlining major areas of current research on the play and four new critical essays. Finally, a guide to critical, web-based and production-related resources and an annotated bibliography provide a basis for further individual research. MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict Contents 6 Series Introduction 8 Timeline 10 Introduction 14 Chapter 1 The Critical Backstory 27 Chapter 2 The Performance History 47 Chapter 3 The State of the Art 73 Chapter 4 New Directions: Fatal Attraction: Desire, Anatomy and Death in 'Tis Pity She's a Whore 90 Chapter 5 New Directions: Identifying the Real Whore of Parma 107 Chapter 6 New Directions: The Confessional Identities of 'Tis Pity She's a Whore 127 Chapter 7 New Directions: The Deconstructing 'Tis Pity?: Derrida, Barthes and Ford 149 Chapter 8 New Directions: 'Tis Pity She's a Whore and the Space of the Stage 165 Chapter 9 A Survey of Resources 181 Bibliography 194 Notes on Contributors 199 Index 202 A 202 B 202 C 202 D 203 E 203 F 203 G 203 H 203 I 204 J 204 K 204 L 204 M 204 N 204 O 205 P 205 R 205 S 205 T 206 V 206 W 206 Ch. 1. The Critical Backstory / Lisa Hopkins -- Ch. 2. The Performance History / Kate Wilkinson -- Ch. 3. The State Of The Art / Sandra Clark -- Ch. 4. New Directions : Fatal Attraction : Desire, Anatomy And Death In 'tis Pity She's A Whore / Catherine Silverstone -- Ch. 5. New Directions : Identifying The Real Whore Of Parma / Corinne S. Abate -- Ch. 6. New Directions : The Confessional Identities Of 'tis Pity She's A Whore / Gillian Woods -- Ch. 7. New Directions : The Deconstructing 'tis Pity? : Derrida, Barthes And Ford / Mark Houlahan -- Ch. 8. New Directions : 'tis Pity She's A Whore And The Space Of The Stage / Lisa Hopkins -- Ch. 9. A Survey Of Resources / Rhonda Lemke Sanfrod. Edited By Lisa Hopkins. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [181]-185) And Index. Content: Ch. 1. The critical backstory / Lisa Hopkins -- Ch. 2. The performance history / Kate Wilkinson -- Ch. 3. The state of the art / Sandra Clark -- Ch. 4. New directions : fatal attraction : desire, anatomy and death in 'Tis pity she's a whore / Catherine Silverstone -- Ch. 5. New directions : identifying the real whore of Parma / Corinne S. Abate -- Ch. 6. New directions : the confessional identities of 'Tis pity she's a whore / Gillian Woods -- Ch. 7. New directions : the deconstructing 'Tis pity? : Derrida, Barthes and Ford / Mark Houlahan -- Ch. 8. New directions : 'Tis pity she's a whore and the space of the stage / Lisa Hopkins -- Ch. 9. A survey of resources / Rhonda Lemke Sanfrod. John Ford's tragedy __'Tis Pity She's A Whore__ was first performed between 1629 and 1633 and since then its themes of incest, love versus duty and forbidden passion have made it a widely studied and performed, if controversial, play.