Book contents
- Early Shakespeare, 1588–1594
- Early Shakespeare, 1588–1594
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction Beginning with Shakespeare
- Chapter 1 Shakespeare and the Idea of Early Authorship
- Chapter 2 Collaboration and Shakespeare’s Early Career
- Chapter 3 The Language and Style of Early Shakespeare
- Chapter 4 Shakespeare’s Early Verse Style
- Chapter 5 Early Shakespeare, Chaucer, and Narrative Theory:
- Chapter 6 Poetry, Counsel, and Coercion in Shakespeare’s Early History Plays
- Chapter 7 John Lyly and Shakespeare’s Early Career
- Chapter 8 Spenser and Shakespeare: Bards of a Feather?
- Chapter 9 Arden of Faversham, Richard Burbage, and the Early Shakespeare Canon
- Chapter 10 Boy Parts in Early Shakespeare
- Chapter 11 The Origins of Richard Duke of York
- Chapter 12 Early Shakespeare and the Authorship of The Taming of the Shrew
- Chapter 13 Who Read What When?
- Book part
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 5 - Early Shakespeare, Chaucer, and Narrative Theory:
Arden of Faversham and (the) Franklin’s Tale
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 April 2020
- Early Shakespeare, 1588–1594
- Early Shakespeare, 1588–1594
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction Beginning with Shakespeare
- Chapter 1 Shakespeare and the Idea of Early Authorship
- Chapter 2 Collaboration and Shakespeare’s Early Career
- Chapter 3 The Language and Style of Early Shakespeare
- Chapter 4 Shakespeare’s Early Verse Style
- Chapter 5 Early Shakespeare, Chaucer, and Narrative Theory:
- Chapter 6 Poetry, Counsel, and Coercion in Shakespeare’s Early History Plays
- Chapter 7 John Lyly and Shakespeare’s Early Career
- Chapter 8 Spenser and Shakespeare: Bards of a Feather?
- Chapter 9 Arden of Faversham, Richard Burbage, and the Early Shakespeare Canon
- Chapter 10 Boy Parts in Early Shakespeare
- Chapter 11 The Origins of Richard Duke of York
- Chapter 12 Early Shakespeare and the Authorship of The Taming of the Shrew
- Chapter 13 Who Read What When?
- Book part
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Arden of Faversham contains an unusual number of characters, both main and minor, who tell stories. The main storyteller, Franklin, is the play’s only fictitious character – one who has affinities with another story–teller of the same name in a collection of tales, Chaucer’s Franklin. This essay argues that the authors of Arden use the story-telling characters to explore the function of narrative within drama.
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- Early Shakespeare, 1588–1594 , pp. 121 - 146Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020