Jacke Jugeler

by William Henry Williams

Book Overview

This 1914 scholarly edition of the mid-sixteenth-century play Jacke Jugeler contains an informative introduction and detailed notes. Little-known today, the play represents a pre-Shakespearean example of classical 'borrowing' - a Roman play by Plautus is adapted to an English domestic situation - and it is one of the first instances of confused identity and 'doubles' in English comedy. The text of this edition is taken from the unique original, probably...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108002609
• ISBN13: 9781108002608
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"