English Drama Before Shakespeare

by Peter Happé

Book Overview

In English Drama before Shakespeare, Peter Happe surveys the range of dramatic activity in English covering the medieval period up to 1590. The book shows that there was much continuity throughout in spite of many innovations: this is in part a challenge to the traditional divisions between medieval and Renaissance literature. Many of the plays considered are anonymous, but there is a coherent, biographical view of the work of known dramatists...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138157651
• ISBN13: 9781138157651
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"