The Dragon and the Dove: The Plays of Thomas DekkerThis controversial study claims that Thomas Dekker, the author of plays blending satire, hagiography, and propoganda, was a militant Protestant, whose play The Dragon and the Dove is the definitive militant Protestant work. |
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The AngloDutch Alliance in Dekkers Early Works | 16 |
Sir Thomas Wyatt and the Essex Rebellion | 44 |
The Whore of Babylon | 62 |
Copyright | |
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