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Biography

Name: John Ford
Birth Date: 17, 1586
Death Date: 1639
Place of Birth: Ilsington, Devonshire, England
Nationality: English
Gender: Male
Occupations: author, dramatist

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Biography of John Ford
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The English author John Ford (1586-1639) was the last great tragic dramatist of the English Renaissance. His work is noted for its stylistically simple and pure expression of powerful, shocking themes. John Ford, the second son of Thomas Ford, was...
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Biography of John Ford
8,993 words, approx. 30 pages
John Ford is arguably the last major dramatist of the English Renaissance. Though he is usually discussed along with the Jacobean playwrights, most of his dramatic work falls into the Caroline period. Judging by his plays, Ford himself seems to have...


Quotations
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John Ford Quotes
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John Ford ( 1586 – c. 1640 ) was one of the last English playwrights in the great Jacobean school that produced Marlowe , William Shakespeare and Jonson . Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 The Lover's Melancholy (1628) 1.2 The Broken Heart (c. 1625-33) 1.3 'Tis...


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Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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John Ford Information
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John Ford (baptised April 17, 1586 – c. 1640?) was an English Jacobean and Caroline playwright and poet born in Ilsington in Devon in...


News and Journals
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Renaissance Quarterly
Touching touchets: Perkin Warbeck and the Buggery Statute.(character in Renaissance English dramatist John Ford's 1634 play 'The Chronicle History of Perkin Warbeck')
06/22/1999: 7,830 words, approx. 26 pages
'The Chronicle History of Perkin Warbeck' initially appears to be the only one of Renaissance English dramatist John Ford's plays that is not openly concerned with the subject of sexual deviation. It is demonstrated that Perkin Warbeck actually encodes a transgressive sexuality so subversive...
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Cineforum
Becoming John Ford
11/01/2007: 387 words, approx. 1 pages
di Nick Redman (b.f.) Ancora più importante del film è l'annuncio che il regista Nick Redman ha dato prima della proiezione: per Natale, usciranno (solo in America o anche da noi?) addirittura 25 Dvd della Fox con film di John Ford, alcuni dei...
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AP Features
Former Tenn. state Sen. John Ford gets 5 1/2 years for bribery in 'Tennessee Waltz' probe
8/28/2007: 329 words, approx. 1 pages
Former state Sen. John Ford, once among Tennessee's most powerful lawmakers, was sentenced Tuesday to 5 1/2 years in prison for bribery.Ford, 65, was one of five former lawmakers convicted of bribery or extortion in a statewide corruption investigation code named "Tennessee Waltz."He was convicted...
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AP Features
Former Tenn. state Sen. John Ford gets 5.5 years for bribery in 'Tennessee Waltz' probe
8/28/2007: 285 words, approx. 1 pages
Former state Sen. John Ford, once among Tennessee's most powerful lawmakers, was sentenced Tuesday to 5 1/2 years in prison for bribery.Ford, 65, was one of five former lawmakers convicted of bribery or extortion in a statewide corruption investigation code named "Tennessee Waltz."He was convicted...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Algernon Charles Swinburne
11,056 words, approx. 37 pages
In the following essay, originally published in Essays and Studies in 1875, Swinburne recognizes Ford's distinctive dramatic style and characterizes him as a poet worth remembering.
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Critical Essay by Verna Ann Foster and Stephen Foster
10,715 words, approx. 36 pages
In the following essay, Foster and Foster argue that Ford intended to draw an historical and political analogy between mythological Sparta in The Broken Heart and Elizabethan England, concluding that such an interpretation assists in revealing the play's structure and tragic outcome.
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Critical Essay by Mark Stavig
10,411 words, approx. 35 pages
In the following essay, Stavig argues that Ford integrated a sophisticated satirical commentary on contemporary moral, ethical, and religious issues into the traditional moral design of 'Tis Pity She's a Whore.
 


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