The Dragon and the Dove: The Plays of Thomas Dekker (Oxford English Monographs)

By Julia Gasper

This book takes a completely fresh and controversial view of the playwright, Thomas Dekker (1570-1632). Gasper reveals Dekker as a bold and pugnacious writer who constantly experimented with form in order to find a vehicle for his militant Protestant ideas. He examines in particular Dekker's central work, The Whore of Babylon , showing how the play's apocalyptic ideas and concern for the international True Church provide the key to understanding all his work.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198117582
• ISBN13: 9780198117582
• Release Date: October 1990
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.8" x 5.8"