The Knight of the Burning Pestle
work by Beaumont
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discussed in biography
- In Francis Beaumont
The Knight of the Burning Pestle parodies a then popular kind of play—sprawling, episodic, with sentimental lovers and chivalric adventures. It opens with The Citizen and his Wife taking their places on the stage to watch “The London Merchant”—itself a satire on the work of…
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place in English literature
- In English literature: Other Jacobean dramatists
…city comedy, Francis Beaumont, in The Knight of the Burning Pestle (1607), amusingly insults the citizenry while ridiculing its taste for romantic plays. John Marston adopts so sharp a satirical tone that his comic plays frequently border on tragedy. All values are mocked by Marston’s bitter and universal skepticism; his…
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