British Drama 1533-1642: A Catalogue: Volume II: 1567-1589
- ISBN-10
- 0199265720
- ISBN-13
- 9780199265725
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 544
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-09-13
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Authors
- Martin Wiggins, Catherine Richardson
Description
The second volume of a comprehensive reference work detailing every play written by a British author during the English Renaissance. This volume covers the years when the London commercial theatres came into existence and the dominant mode of English drama changed fundamentally from the morality play to the heroic tragedies of Christopher Marlowe and his contemporaries.
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