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- Publisher
- University of North Carolina Press
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2008 The University of North Carolina Press.
- ISSN
- 1543-0383
Abstract
<p>Abstract:</p><p>This article investigates John Ford’s use of mixed temporality to stage succession in <i>Perkin Warbeck</i>. Although Perkin aspires to be planted in his “own inheritance†and ascend to the throne, Ford’s play first entertains and then dismisses the aspirations of this pretender. I argue that Ford’s pretender plot is equally about the past and the future. The play represents both history as it unfolded and the possible counterfactual projected by Perkin’s desired succession. I show that Ford’s <i>Perkin Warbeck</i>, instead of revealing the limits of the history play, celebrates the affordances of the genre. These brief, dramatized chronicles bring pasts, presents, and futures to life on the stage.</p>
Journal
Studies in Philology – University of North Carolina Press
Published: Jun 29, 2018