Author: Richard BromePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Five new playes, 1650: The English Moor, or The mock-marriage. The lovesick court, or The ambitious politique, 1658. The wedding of the Covent-Garden, or The Middlesex-justice of peace, 1658. The new academy, or, The new exchange, 1658. The queen and concubine, 1650
Five new playes, 1650: The English Moor, or The mock-marriage. The lovesick court, or The ambitious politique, 1658. The wedding of the Covent-Garden, or The Middlesex-justice of peace, 1658. The new academy, or, The new exchange, 1658. The queen and concubine, 1650
Author: Richard BromeFive new playes, 1650: The English Moor, or The mock-marriage. The lovesick court, or The ambitious politique, 1658. The wedding of the Covent-Garden, or The Middlesex-justice of peace, 1658. The new academy, or, The new exchange, 1658. The queen and concubine, 1650
Author: Richard BromeThe National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
The Cambridge History of English Literature
Author: Sir Adolphus William WardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
The Wind Brings Up the Rain
Author: Eric MalpassPublisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755102045
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
It is a perfect summer, but soon this idyll is swept away by conflict. After the war, the widowed Nell leads a wretched existence, caring for her husband's ungrateful parents, and her son falls in love with a German girl, until she is enticed home by a resurgent Germany. A moving story and compelling tale of personal triumph and disappointment.
Ben Jonson and the Lucianic Tradition
Author: Douglas DuncanPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521223598
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Duncan suggests Jonson's challenge to the audience originates in the practice of 'oblique teaching', which was developed by Erasmus and More out of their admiration for Lucian.
The Antipodes
Author: Richard BromePublisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9781854596031
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
In the Globe Quarto series co-published with Shakespeare's Globe to mark the rediscovery of forgotten plays by Shakespeare's contemporaries.The Antipodes includes a play-within-the-play, also called 'The Antipodes', which is used as psychotherapy for Peregrine Joyless's obsession with travel books, with the aim of recalling him to his marital duties. Brome's audience is also confronted with a picture of the topsy-turviness of the 'world upside down' of London in the 1630s.The play was revived, in an adapted form by Gerald Freedman, at Shakespeare's Globe in 2000.
The Golden Labyrinth
Author: G. Wilson KnightPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000530590
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
First published in 1965, The Golden Labyrinth provides a coherent and readable history of the essential nature of British drama in a single volume. The treatment is philosophical and imaginative, and full of enthusiasm and clarity which have made Professor Wilson Knightâs works, of Shakespearian and other interpretations, so famous. The chapters in this book have been organized according to literary periods and will appeal to both students of literature and casual readers.
Yvain
Author: Chretien de TroyesPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300038380
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
A twelfth-century poem by the creator of the Arthurian romance describes the courageous exploits and triumphs of a brave lord who tries to win back his deserted wife's love