{"product_id":"9781408144442","title":"Edward II","description":"Marlowe's play retains its power to shock even today, and this edition\u003cbr\u003egives full value to its three overriding themes of sexual favouritism,\u003cbr\u003epolitical confrontation and sheer cruelty. Critics in the last twenty\u003cbr\u003eyears, who have focused on the overtly sexual relationship between\u003cbr\u003eEdward and his favourite Gaveston, have hailed it as a 'gay classic';\u003cbr\u003eearlier interpretations concentrated rather on the deposition by his\u003cbr\u003esubjects of a weak king, reading it in tandem with Shakespeare's\u003cbr\u003eRichard II. The introduction shows how the play works to give the\u003cbr\u003eaudience an equal emotional commitment to opposing points of view and\u003cbr\u003econcludes that this is what makes Edward II such an uncomfortable and\u003cbr\u003echallenging play.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47138004238576,"sku":"9781408144442","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781408144442_p0.jpg?v=1763719465","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781408144442","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}