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The Changeling: The State of Play

Edited by Professor Gordon McMullan, Edited by Kelly Stage, Series edited by Ann Thompson, Series edited by Professor Lena Cowen Orlin

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This collection of original essays on Thomas Middleton and William Rowleyâ€™s unsettling revenge tragedy The Changeling represents key new directions in criticism and research. The 13 chapters fall into six groups focusing on questions of space, theology, collaboration, disability both mental and physical, and performance both early modern and contemporary. The Changelingâ€™s critical and theatrical history, and a selected bibliography for the volume helps readers easily find the most frequently cited materials in the volume as a whole, while individual essays detail the full expanse of critical sources to pursue for further analysis. With contributors ranging from highly regarded critics to emerging scholars drawn from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, France and Switzerland, the collection equips readers to engage with a variety of critical approaches to the play, moving a long way beyond the last centuryâ€™s tendency to treat Middleton as â€˜the early modern Ibsenâ€™, to ignore Rowley, and to focus almost wholly on a single aspect of the playâ€™s plot. Key themes and topics include: Â· Performance Â· Space and affect Â· Authorial collaboration Â· Gender and representation Â· Violence Â· Disability