Tourment des temps, tourment des âmes : The Changeling (1622) et A Game at Chess (1624)
The Changeling and A Game at Chess, by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley, depict a tormented universe peopled by characters led by their passions and perversions. Both plays reflect the shifting and menacing political climate of the 1620s as well as the religious and ideological uncertainty then p...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Institut du Monde Anglophone
2006-04-01
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| Series: | Etudes Epistémè |
| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/episteme/2678 |
| Summary: | The Changeling and A Game at Chess, by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley, depict a tormented universe peopled by characters led by their passions and perversions. Both plays reflect the shifting and menacing political climate of the 1620s as well as the religious and ideological uncertainty then pervasive in England. The threatening chaos is embodied in the plays by the main protagonists, polymorphous monsters both brilliant and unfathomable, sinister perverts or perfidious knights who repel spectators as much as they fascinate them. |
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| ISSN: | 1634-0450 |