Beaumont's Lives

TY - JOUR

T1 - Beaumont's Lives

AU - Munro, Lucy Catherine

PY - 2017

Y1 - 2017

N2 - This essay explores the ‘lives’ of Francis Beaumont at the point of the four hundredth anniversary of his death, through elegies by John Earle and Thomas Pestell and hitherto unknown and newly interpreted biographical information that sheds fresh light on the relationship between his life and works. Focusing in particular on his plays The Scornful Lady and The Woman Hater, it argues that Beaumont and his regular collaborator, John Fletcher, mix (auto)biographical allusions with satire and fantasy. This analysis offers new perspectives on the ways in which their imaginations were sparked by their lived experience.

AB - This essay explores the ‘lives’ of Francis Beaumont at the point of the four hundredth anniversary of his death, through elegies by John Earle and Thomas Pestell and hitherto unknown and newly interpreted biographical information that sheds fresh light on the relationship between his life and works. Focusing in particular on his plays The Scornful Lady and The Woman Hater, it argues that Beaumont and his regular collaborator, John Fletcher, mix (auto)biographical allusions with satire and fantasy. This analysis offers new perspectives on the ways in which their imaginations were sparked by their lived experience.

KW - Beaumont; life-writing; biography

UR - https://earlytheatre.org/earlytheatre/article/view/3337

U2 - 10.12745/et.20.2.3337

DO - 10.12745/et.20.2.3337

M3 - Article

SN - 2293-7609

VL - 20

SP - 141

EP - 158

JO - Early Theatre

JF - Early Theatre

IS - 2

ER -