Schelling, Felix E. Elizabethan Drama 1558-1642. A History of the Drama in England from the Accession of Queen Elizabeth to the Closing of the Theaters, to which is prefixed a Resume of the Earlier Drama from its Beginnings (in 2 Volumes) Published by Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston and New York, 1908. Second Edition
Second (corrected) Edition. Hard cover, 8vo, in maroon cloth, titles blocked in gold to the spines, text with sidenotes, 605 and 685pp. CONDITION: Very Good Plus with some light edge wear along joint, and light toning. Otherwise, very clean. CONTENTS: VOL.1. Introduction. The Old Sacred Drama, The Morality and the Earlier Secular Drama, Early Dramas of School and Court, The London Playhouse, The New Romantic Drama, The National Historical Drama, Domestic Drama, Romantic Comedy, Historical Drama on Foreign Themes, The Comedy of Humors and the War of Theaters, London Life and the Comedy of Manners, Romantic Tragedy. VOL. 2: History and Tragedy on Classical Myth and Story, The College Drama, The English Masque, The Pastoral Drama, Tragicomedy and "Romance," Later Comedy of Manners, Decadent Romance, The Drama in Retrospect, Bibliographical essay. A list of plays. Index. Playwrites under consideration include: Christopher Marlowe, John Marston, Shakespeare and many more. OCLC 1394371.

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