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A King and No King: Beaumont and Fletcher

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title A King and No King: Beaumont and Fletcher
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Lee Bliss
Index by Kim Latham
SeriesThe Revels Plays
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:208
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138
Category/GenrePlays, playscripts
Literary studies - c 1500 to c 1800
Literary studies - plays and playwrights
ISBN/Barcode 9780719080425
ClassificationsDewey:822.3
Audience
General
Illustrations Illustrations, black & white

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publication Date 1 August 2009
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This fully annotated version makes available on one of the most popular and influential plays by Beaumont and Fletcher, young contemporaries of Shakespeare. In discussing sources and stage history, the critical introduction challenges the common modern devaluation of these playwrights and offers a fresh, historically informed interpretation. -- .

Author Biography

Lee Bliss is Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Santa Barbara -- .

Reviews

'Bliss provides the play with much needed breathing space in her fine introduction - Lee Bliss and the Manchester University Press have produced an edition of a fascinating play to the Revels Play's usual high standards.' Elliott Kendall, TLS 7 October 2005