Six Renaissance Tragedies - Softcover

 
9780312175504: Six Renaissance Tragedies

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Skipping the works of Shakespeare and Johnson (which are readily accessible), the six plays discussed here have been chosen to represent a remarkable flowering of tragic dramatic writing during one of the most prolific periods of theatrical activity, that known as the English Renaissance, from about 1590 to 1640. each play was a major work for its author, a major drama for the period, and still significant today.

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This edition of six major Renaissance tragedies contains modernized, complete playtexts ideal for literature students or for performance use. Detailed introductory and explanatory notes deal with such issues as authorship, textual and performance history, sources, obscurities of meaning, unfamiliar allusions and points of theatrical interest.

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ISBN 10:  0333609239 ISBN 13:  9780333609231
Verlag: Palgrave, 1997
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