The English drama, 1485-1585
1969, First Edition. Oxford : Clarendon Press. Good cloth library copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Front free endpaper lacking. Light foxing to edges and prelims; some library marks remain. A well-preserved example overall; internally strong and clean. Item #477752
ISBN: 0198122098
Series; Oxford history of English literature ; 4, pt. 1. Physical description; [7], 244 pages ; 23 cm. Notes; Edited with a bibliography by G.K. Hunter. Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-237). Contents; I. The earlier Tudor morality and interlude – 1. Medwall and before Medwall – 2. The two 'Makers': Skelton and Lindsay – 3. Rastell and Heywood – 4. Papist and Protestant – 5. 'Morals Teaching Education' – II. The late Tudor morality play – 1. Authors and Actors – 2. Two leading themes – 3. The Vice – 4. Metre and Rhetoric – 5. Conclusion – III. Tudor masques, pageants, and entertainments – IV. Sacred drama – 1. Academic Drama – 2. Sacred Drama, Foreign and English – 3. Prodigal Son Plays – V. Comedy, c. 1540-c. 1584 – VI. Tragedy, c. 1540-c. 1584 – VII. The theatre before 1585 – Chronological table – Bibliography – Index. Subjects; English drama – To 1500 – History and criticism. English drama – Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 – History and criticism.
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