| Description |
1 online resource (xlviii, 344 pages) |
| Series |
Oxford English drama |
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Oxford world's classics |
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Oxford English drama.
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Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
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| Contents |
A chronology of the plays and their genre -- The tragedy of master Arden of Faversham -- A woman killed with kindness / Thomas Heywood -- The witch of Edmonton / Thomas Dekker, William Rowley, and John Ford -- The English traveller / Thomas Heywood -- Appendix 1: the unknown author of Arden of Faversham -- Appendix 2: the date of The English traveller -- Explanatory notes -- Glossary |
| Summary |
This unique edition brings together four plays concerned with 'domestic' themes: Arden of Faversham, Heywood's A Woman Killed with Kindness and The English Traveller, and Dekker, Rowley and Ford's The Witch of Edmonton. Texts are in modern spelling, accompanied by a critical introduction, wide-ranging annotation and bibliography. - ;Arden of Faversham * A Woman Killed with Kindness * The Witch of Edmonton * The English Traveller. In about 1590, an unknown dramatist had the idea of writing a tragedy about the lives of ordinary people, instead of the genre's usual complement of kings and queens |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Heywood, Thomas, approximately 1574-1641 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Dekker, Thomas, approximately 1572-1632. Witch of Edmonton
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| SUBJECT |
Heywood, Thomas, approximately 1574-1641 fast |
| Subject |
Domestic drama, English.
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English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism
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English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism
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DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Domestic drama, English
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English drama
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English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Domestic drama
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Drama
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Domestic drama.
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Drama.
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Théâtre.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wiggins, Martin, editor.
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Rowley, William, 1585?-1642?
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Ford, John, 1586-approximately 1640.
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Heywood, Thomas, approximately 1574-1641.
Woman killed with kindness
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Dekker, Thomas, approximately 1572-1632.
Witch of Edmonton
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Heywood, Thomas, approximately 1574-1641.
English traveller
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| ISBN |
9780191539886 |
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0191539880 |
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0192829505 |
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9780192829504 |
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