Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The changeling The changeling Thomas Middleton,Trevor R. Griffiths,William Rowley Considered by critics to be one of the best tragedies of the English Renaissance, The Changeling was written by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley and first published in book form in 1653. Beatrice-… OL1339729W
Evolving Hamlet Evolving Hamlet Angus Fletcher "Recent work in cognitive science has rooted our moral dispositions in the more ancient and less plastic regions of our brains, seeming to confirm Darwin's suspicion that a biological approach to hum… OL16173728W
The Duchess of Suffolk The Duchess of Suffolk Richard Dutton,Steven Galbraith vii, 178 pages ; 26 cm OL20243037W
Playing the globe Playing the globe Gillies, John,Virginia Mason Vaughan The essays collected here explore the representation of contemporary cartographic knowledge within a variety of English Renaissance dramatic texts. Including a preface and introduction that contextua… OL21178666W
Ben Jonson, John Marston and early modern drama Ben Jonson, John Marston and early modern drama Rebecca Kate Yearling "This book examines the influence of John Marston, typically seen as a minor figure among early modern dramatists, on his colleague Ben Jonson. While Marston is usually famed more for his very public… OL22318763W
The female hero in English Renaissance tragedy The female hero in English Renaissance tragedy Lisa Kings "This book focuses on female tragic heroes in English Renaissance drama from c.1610-c.1645, characters who differ from previous tragic heroines because they were not passive victims but active agents… OL2683522W
Jacobean private theatre Jacobean private theatre Keith Sturgess Examines the practical facilities and performance style of the private playhouses. OL5268104W
Annals of English drama, 975-1700 Annals of English drama, 975-1700 Alfred Harbage "This book provides a chornological listing ... of plays, masks, and similar forms of entertainment, devised in England (or by Englishmen abroad) from the time of the earliest Quem Quaeritis trope in… OL6043248W
Imaginary Betrayals Imaginary Betrayals Karen Cunningham "Referring to the extensive early modern literature on the subject of treason, Imaginary Betrayals reveals how and to what extent ideas of proof and grounds for conviction were subject to prosecutori… OL6213203W
Between theater and philosophy Between theater and philosophy Mathew R. Martin "Between Theater and Philosophy studies the aggressive, restless, and critical skepticism of the major city comedies of early modern English dramatists Ben Jonson and Thomas Middleton. The book place… OL7797860W
Caroline drama Caroline drama Julie Sanders xiv, 79 : 23 cm OL811291W