The works of Thomas Kyd
1967, Later Edition. Oxford : Clarendon Press. Very good library copy in the original gilt-blocked green cloth boards, showing faint shelfwear only. Text edges slightly dust-toned; minor library marks remain. Remains well-preserved overall; internally strong and clean. Item #476738
Physical description; [vii]-cxxvi, 470 pages : 2 folded facsimiles (including frontispiece) ; 23 cm. Notes; Edited from the original texts, with introduction, notes and facsimiles by Frederick S. Boas. Supplement: corrections and additions, 1902-1954 (pages [cxvii]-cxxvi). Includes bibliographical references (pages [393]-461) and index. First published 1901; reprinted from corrected sheets of the first edition, with the addition of a supplement, 1955, this being the third printing. Contents; Introduction – Supplementary documents: Kyd's letter to Sir John Puckering ; Fragments of a theological disputation [by Marlowe] ; Baines' note of accusation against Marlowe – Supplement: corrections and additions, 1902-1954 – The Spanish tragedie – Cornelia – Soliman and Perseda – The hovsholders philosophie – The mvrder of Iohn Brewen – Fragments of Kyd's lost works – The first part of Ieronimo – Appendix I: Verses of prayse and ioye – Appendix II: The Spanish tragedy, a ballad – Appendix III: Tragedia von dem griegischen keyser zu Constantinopel [by Jacob Ayrer] – Notes – Index. Subjects; Kyd, Thomas (1558-1594) – Criticism and interpretation. English drama – 16th century. English literature.
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