English Drama 1586-1642: The Age of Shakespeare |
Contents
BOOK I | 1 |
tracts against the theatre 8Literary opponents of the popular | 14 |
mon Conditions 19Triumphs of Love and Fortune 20Putten | 24 |
Plays based on classical legend and history 26Dramas | 36 |
Peeles Hunting of Cupid 41John Lyly 42The Woman in | 52 |
BOOK II | 58 |
BOOK IV | 152 |
Boccaccio 193 | 193 |
BOOK V | 235 |
BOOK VI | 278 |
BOOK VII | 315 |
BOOK VIII | 353 |
| 431 | |
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