The Changeling (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Thomas Middleton, William Rowley
- First Published: 1653
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Tragedy
- Time of Work: Early seventeenth century
- Genres: Drama, Tragedy
- Subjects: Changelings or cuckoos, Murder or homicide, Marriage, Seventeenth century, Revenge, Fate or fatalism, Spain or Spanish people
- Locales: Alicante, Spain
Places Discussed
*Alicante. Mediterranean port city near Valencia in eastern Spain in which the play is set. The play opens outdoors, near a church by the port, with the Valencian nobleman Alsemero delaying his departure for Malta and getting drawn into Beatrice- Joanna’s adulterous and murderous plots. The rest of the play is wholly restricted to interiors, as if to suggest women’s domestic confinement.
*Valencia. Capital city of the eastern region of Spain from which Alsemero comes. Valencia is about one hundred miles north of Alicante—a distance great enough to...
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