Six Renaissance Tragedies
by:
Colin Gibson (author)
Skipping the works of Shakespeare and Johnson (which are readily accessible), the six plays discussed here have been chosen to represent a remarkable flowering of tragic dramatic writing during one of the most prolific periods of theatrical activity, that known as the English Renaissance, from...
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Skipping the works of Shakespeare and Johnson (which are readily accessible), the six plays discussed here have been chosen to represent a remarkable flowering of tragic dramatic writing during one of the most prolific periods of theatrical activity, that known as the English Renaissance, from about 1590 to 1640. each play was a major work for its author, a major drama for the period, and still significant today. 500 pp.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780312175504 (0312175507)
Publish date: October 15th 1997
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Pages no: 561
Edition language: English