{"product_id":"the-renegado-philip-massinger-9781904271611","title":"The Renegado","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Renegado \u003c\/i\u003eis one of the most shamelessly entertaining plays of its age, fetching its inspiration from a number of works by Cervantes, based on his own experiences as a captive in Algiers. Introducing the eroticized captivity narrative to the English stage, Massinger's tragicomedy combines it with the long-popular romance motif of a Christian hero's conquest of an exotic princess. But even as it indulges in romantic fantasy, \u003ci\u003eThe Renegado \u003c\/i\u003eengages with contentious issues of national and international politics, offering a provocative response to the sectarian feuds dividing England in the 1620s, while exploiting wider European fears of the expansionist Muslim empire of the Ottomans. Through its treatment of religious confrontation and conversion, Massinger's play offers important insights into early modern constructions of the Islamic world, and emerges as a piece with unexpected resonances for our own time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the first major single-volume edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Renegado, \u003c\/i\u003e making it properly available to all students and teachers of early modern drama. With detailed on-page commentary notes and an illustrated introduction assessing its impact on the Renaissance stage as well as its particular relevance to our contemporary multi-cultural society, it is a stimulating and original teaching edition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn extract from Cervantes' \u003ci\u003eThe Prisons of Algiers, \u003c\/i\u003e a key source for the play, is given in an appendix and the whole Cervantes text is available on the Arden website as an additional resource.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Massinger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1904271618\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781904271611\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arden Shakespeare\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Philip Massinger","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43986363646207,"sku":"9781904271611","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a24a851b-5f91-4f12-bd99-5703200790bb.jpg?v=1683282925","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-renegado-philip-massinger-9781904271611","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}