{"product_id":"9780713666632","title":"Women Beware Women","description":"\u003ch3\u003eNew Mermaids\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eWomen Beware Women\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThomas Middleton | William C. Carroll\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ European \/ English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eOne of the great Renaissance playwrights, Middleton wrote tragedies essentially different from either Marlowe's or Shakespeare's, being wittier than the former and more grittily ironic than the latter. The genre of 'citizen tragedy' came into its own in the eighteenth century, but Middleton can claim to have created it: Bianca, wife of a middling commercial agent, arouses the lust of the Duke of Florence and becomes his mistress, first secretly, then openly and finally, after her husband has been seduced by the scheming Lady Livia and stabbed by Livia's brother, the Duke's wife. Livia plots her revenge, and the play ends with a banquet and a masque that are a triumph of black farce. Middleton's powerful, psychologically complex female characters and his clear-sighted analysis of misogyny are bound to impress today's audiences, but it is the pervasive irony - cynicism, even - with which he dissects the motivations of both oppressor and victim that makes him so eerily modern.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThomas  Middleton \u003c\/b\u003e(1570-1627) was an English dramatist, who excelled in both  comedy and tragedy. Whilst his so-called 'city comedies' provide insight  into 17th-century London life and manners, his tragedies are noted for  their richly poetic verse, their emphasis on guilt and corruption, and  their understanding of feminine psychology. He often  worked in collaboration with other dramatists for the theatre owner  Philip Henslowe, including Thomas Dekker and William Rowley. Middleton's works include \u003ci\u003eA Trick to Catch the Old One\u003c\/i\u003e (1604-05), \u003ci\u003e A Chaste Maid in Cheapside\u003c\/i\u003e (1619), the tragedy \u003ci\u003eWomen Beware Women \u003c\/i\u003e(1621) and the political satire \u003ci\u003eA Game of Chess \u003c\/i\u003e(1624).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15 October 2008\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780713666632\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e160\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5.92\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369839034508,"sku":"9780713666632","price":13.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_a3737302-b48d-4eef-b47c-202c57f08e8f.jpg?v=1783880662","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780713666632","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}