{"title":"Sensuality, Spirit, and Society in The Dutch Courtesan and Lording Barry’s The Family of Love (1608)","authors":"Sophie Tomlinson","doi":"10.12745/et.23.1.4164","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This essay stages a dialogue between The Dutch Courtesan and the comparatively neglected The Family of Love by Lording Barry, discussing the differing ways Marston and Barry deploy the Familist fellowship that had recently come under fire from England’s reigning monarch. I juxtapose the dramatists’ representation of sensuality and spirituality across a broad range of characters. By attending to their shared preoccupation with the humoural, excretory body, the essay shows how these comedies leave us with divergent social visions.","PeriodicalId":422756,"journal":{"name":"Early Theatre: A Journal associated with the Records of Early English Drama","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Early Theatre: A Journal associated with the Records of Early English Drama","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.12745/et.23.1.4164","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract:This essay stages a dialogue between The Dutch Courtesan and the comparatively neglected The Family of Love by Lording Barry, discussing the differing ways Marston and Barry deploy the Familist fellowship that had recently come under fire from England’s reigning monarch. I juxtapose the dramatists’ representation of sensuality and spirituality across a broad range of characters. By attending to their shared preoccupation with the humoural, excretory body, the essay shows how these comedies leave us with divergent social visions.