{"product_id":"the-roaring-girl-paperback","title":"The Roaring Girl - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Middleton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eThomas Dekker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Cook\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Jacobean city comedy is a curiosity in that it presents a\u003cbr\u003ereal-life character, the notorious cross-dresser Moll Frith, who\u003cbr\u003eprobably was among the first audiences of 'her' play before she was\u003cbr\u003etaken up for public misconduct. Middleton and Dekker's 'roaring girl'\u003cbr\u003emay outrage her society with her pipe, bluster and swagger, but she\u003cbr\u003eturns out to be the moral centre of the play. Her code of honour leads\u003cbr\u003eher to call the bluff on rogues and conspicuous consumers, to thrash a\u003cbr\u003ehypocritical gallant in a duel, and to act as go-between for the young\u003cbr\u003elovers thwarted by parental tyranny. This wry dramatisation of female\u003cbr\u003edeviancy exposing male ineffectuality is as much to the point today as\u003cbr\u003eit was in King James's England. An appendix helps the modern reader to\u003cbr\u003eappreciate the canting terms used by the low-life characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Middleton (1580 - 1627) was an English Jacobean playwright and poet. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThomas Dekker (1570-1632) was an English dramatist.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.75 x 5.15 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47452128903346,"sku":"9780713668131","price":20.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/6e486447b794374160a5645b21a0f55f.webp?v=1778808652","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-roaring-girl-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}