SexViolHist Bib: Representations: Literature: John Fletcher

»John Fletcher (December 1579 - August 1625) was an English playwright. Following William Shakespeare as house playwright for the King's Men, he was among the most prolific and influential dramatists of his day; during his lifetime and in the Stuart Restoration, his fame rivalled Shakespeare's. Fletcher collaborated in writing plays, chiefly with Francis Beaumont or Philip Massinger, but also with Shakespeare and others. Although his reputation has subsequently declined, he remains an important transitional figure between the Elizabethan popular tradition and the popular drama of the Restoration.« -- More information: Wikipedia

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Mathieson, Barbara. Rape, female desire, and sexual revulsion in John Fletcher s plays. Women, violence, and English Renaissance literature. Essays honoring Paul Jorgensen. Edited by Linda Woodbridge et al. Tempe 2003: 101-122.

II. Speaker Index

Bonduca (tragicomedy, acted 1613, published 1647)

I n f o r m a t i o n

»Bonduca is a Jacobean tragi-comedy in the Beaumont and Fletcher canon, generally judged by scholars to be the work of John Fletcher alone. It was acted by the King's Men c. 1613, and published in 1647 in the first Beaumont and Fletcher folio.
The play is a dramatisation of the story of Boudica, the British Celtic queen who led a revolt against the Romans in 60-61 AD. Critics, however, have classified Bonduca as a "historical romance," rather than a history play comparable to those written by Shakespeare; historical accuracy was not Fletcher's primary concern. The play constantly shifts between comedy and tragedy.« -- More information: Wikipedia

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Modern History: 17^th Century | II. Geographical Index: European History: English History | III. Topical Index: Types: General: Rape

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Bamford, Karen. Sexual Violence on the Jacobean Stage. Basingstoke 2000.

[Info] Bretz, Andrew. Emergent Identity: Masculinity and the Representation of Rape on the Early Modern Stage, 1590-1620. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Guelph, 2012.

II. Speaker Index

The Custom of the Country (with Philip Massinger) (tragicomedy, published 1647)

I n f o r m a t i o n

»The Custom of the Country is a Jacobean stage play, a tragicomedy written by John Fletcher and Philip Massinger, originally published in 1647 in the first Beaumont and Fletcher folio.« -- More information: Wikipedia

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Modern History: 17^th Century | II. Geographical Index: European History: English History | III. Topical Index: Types: General: Rape

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Darby, T.L. Resistance to rape in Persiles y Sigismunda and The Custom of the Country. Modern language review 90 (1995): 273-284.

II. Speaker Index

The Maid's Tragedy (with Francis Beaumont) (tragedy, published 1619)

I n f o r m a t i o n

»The Maid's Tragedy is a play by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher. It was first published in 1619.« -- More information: Wikipedia

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Modern History: 17^th Century | II. Geographical Index: European History: English History | III. Topical Index: Cases: Fictional Victims: Evadne; Types: General: Rape; Representations: Literary Texts: Francis Beaumont

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Dressel, Samantha. Revenge as a Performance of Sexual Trauma. 65^th Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America. Toronto 2019.

II. Speaker Index

The Queen of Corinth (with Nathan Field and Philip Massinger) (tragicomedy, acted 1616-1618, printed 1647)

I n f o r m a t i o n

»The Queen of Corinth is a Jacobean era stage play, a tragicomedy in the canon of John Fletcher and his collaborators. It was initially published in the first Beaumont and Fletcher folio of 1647.« -- More information: Wikipedia

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Ancient History: Greek History; Modern History: 17^th Century | II. Geographical Index: European History: English History | III. Topical Index: Cases: Fictional Offenders: Theanor; Fictional Victims: Merione; Types: General: Rape; Representations: Literary Texts: Nathan Field, Philip Massinger

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Bamford, Karen. Sexual Violence in The Queen of Corinth. Other Voices, Other Views: Expanding the Canon in English Renaissance Studies. Edited by Helen Ostovich et al. Newark 1999: 234-252.

[Info] Bamford, Karen. Sexual Violence on the Jacobean Stage. Basingstoke 2000.

[Info] Continisio, Tommaso. »"No Lucrece": The Ambiguity of Rape in The Queen of Corinth.« Memoria di Shakespeare No. 10 (2023): 239-254.

[Info] Loughlin, Marie H. Hymeneutics. Interpreting virginity on the early modern stage. Lewisburg 1997.

II. Speaker Index

Valentinian (tragedy, published 1647)

I n f o r m a t i o n

»Valentinian is a Jacobean stage play written by John Fletcher, a revenge tragedy based on the life of the Roman emperor Valentinian III (r. 425-455), and originally published in the first Beaumont and Fletcher folio of 1647. The play dramatizes the story of Valentinian, one of the last Roman emperors in the western Roman Empire and last ruler of the conjoined Valentinianic-Theodosian dynasty, as recorded by the Late Antique Greek historian Procopius.« -- More information: Wikipedia

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Modern History: 17^th Century | II. Geographical Index: European History: English History | III. Topical Index: Cases: Fictional Offenders: Valentinian; Fictional Victims: Lucina; Types: General: Rape

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Bamford, Karen. Sexual Violence on the Jacobean Stage. Basingstoke 2000.

[Info] Gathern. Cara. Testament, Gender and Agency in Early Modern Revisions of the ‘Lucretia’ Narrative. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Brighton, 2024.

[Info] Hila, Marina. "Justice shall never heare ye, I am justice". Absolutist rape and cyclical history in John Fletcher s The Tragedy of Valentinian. Neophilologus 91 (2007): 745-758.

[Info] Loughlin, Marie H. Hymeneutics. Interpreting virginity on the early modern stage. Lewisburg 1997.

[Info] Templin, Lisa M. "I'le Tell My Sorrowes Unto Heaven, My Curse to Hell": Cursing Women in Early Modern Drama. M.A. Thesis, University of Ottawa, 2014.

II. Speaker Index

[Info] Reinwald, Elizabeth. Playing Lucrece's Part: Problems of Cultural Heritage and Rape Narratives in The Tragedy of Valentinian. 66^th Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America. Philadelphia 2020.