{"product_id":"the-malcontent-john-marston-9780713642889","title":"The Malcontent","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"This Malevole is one of the most prodigious affections that ever conversed with nature: a man, or rather a monster, more discontent than Lucifer.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Malcontent\u003c\/i\u003e is a striking example of the new satiric tone and moral seriousness in English comedy of the early 1600s. The play's vision of a fallen humanity driven by lust and ambition is created partly by its depiction of Machiavellian intrigue in the court of Genoa, and partly by the disaffected Malevole, the malcontent of the title, who is actually the deposed Duke Altofronto in disguise. Marston's tragi-comedy is full of reversals, surprises and moral transformations and offers a thin disguise for the Jacobean court and its vices. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis new student edition contains a lengthy new Introduction with background on the author, date and sources, theme, critical interpretation and stage history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Marston\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0713642882\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780713642889\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/12\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.85h x 5.23w x 0.39d","brand":"John Marston","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44054494150911,"sku":"9780713642889","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1c604508-4ca0-4832-811c-b69fe115c3a5.jpg?v=1685030290","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-malcontent-john-marston-9780713642889","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}