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Title: Edward the Second
Condition: New
Description: The introduction to this edition contains an analysis of the first quarto (including new evidence of its original dating) and a reconsideration of the play's complex relation to the Shakespearean histories that preceded and followed it. Charles R. Forker offers a discussion of Marlowe's use of sources, and presents a new argument for the drama's five-act structure. He delves into the conflicting and controversial opinions concerning the genre and sexual politics of the play, and also includes a full record of the stage history. Forker has collated some 46 editions (including the important, rare and usually ignored editions of Broughton and Oxberry in 1818). The appendices provide substantive variants from the Broughton and Oxberry texts as well as extracts from the sources.
Author: Charles Forker
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
EAN: 9780719030895
Format: Paperback
Genre: Poetry & Drama
ISBN: 9780719030895
ISBN-10: 0719030897
Item Height: 216mm
Item Length: 138mm
Item Weight: 445g
Item Width: 20mm
Language: English
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date: 07/09/1995
Book Series: Revels Plays
Subtitle: Christopher Marlowe
Topic: Literary Criticism
Release Year: 1995

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