Description
Palgrave MacMillan Six Renaissance Tragedies by Colin Gibson
A useful student edition which contains modernized texts of six classic plays and which takes full account of recent scholarship. Detailed introductory and explanatory notes deal with authorship, textual and performance history, sources, obscurities of meaning, unfamiliar allusions and points of theatrical interest.
Table of contents
Acknowledgements.- General Introduction.- Note on the Texts.- THE SPANISH TRAGEDY (1592).- THE TRAGICAL HISTORY OF DOCTOR FAUSTUS (1604).- THE REVENGER'S TRAGEDY (1607.- 8).- THE DUCHESS OF MALFI (1613.- 14).- THE CHANGELING (1622) 'TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE (c.1629-1633).- Appendix I.- Appendix II.- Further Reading.