A History of English Dramatic LiteratureAtlantic Publishers & Dist, 1997 - Всего страниц: 590 ... The Most Exhaustive And Important In Its Field... Thus, The Judgment Of An Outstanding 19Th Century Literary Figure (See Below On Ward S Masterly History Of English Dramatic Literature). It Is A Judgment That Has Stood Up Remarkably Well In The Passing Of Almost A Century Since The Work Was First Published. Students And Scholars Alike Will Find This Famous History An Invaluable Source Book On English Literature.Ward S Lucid Survey Starts With The Origin Of The Drama In England And The Beginnings Of Regular Drama. After An Excellent Account Of Shakespeare S Predecessors There Is A Long And Astute Section On Shakespeare Himself, Including A Discussion Of The Dramatist S Early Influence On The Continent, Especially In Germany. Volume Ii Also Covers Ben Jonson And The Later Elizabethans, Concluding With The Merits And Defects Of Beaumont And Fletcher. Volume Iii Ends The Work With An Examination Of The Later Stuart Drama When Prose Had Become Permanently The Vehicle Of Dramatic Speech In English Comedy And The Decay Of Tragedy. From An Early Review By Richard Burton In The Dial : ... The Work Is Beyond All Compare The Most Exhaustive And Important ... In Its Field .... When This Monument Of Scholarly Investigation Appeared, In 1874, It Was At Once Recognized As Authoritative, And Has Held The Position Ever Since.... Dr. Ward S Survey Of The Native Drama......Stands Alone Among Scholarly Achievements By Englishmen.The Prime Merit Of The Work, Aside From Thoroughness, Good Judgment In Ample Illustration, And The Deduction Of Sound Principles Therefrom, Lies In This Giving Of Due Attention To The History Of The Stage, While At The Same Time Keeping The Student To A Realization Of The Drama S Literary Splendors ... Drama In Its Technique As Well As In Its Imaginative Triumphs ... ... Take His Admirable Monograph (Vol. I, Chap. Iv) On Shakespeare .... It Would Be Difficult, Even In The Mass Of Similar Attempts, To Indicate Another Eighty Pages Which Tell So Much So Well, And Are So Little Open To Criticism... This Critic S Independence And Originality Of Thought Appear To Advantage In His Closing Remarks On The Tailend Of The Stuart Drama. |
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SHAKSPERE continued | 1 |
Biographical data 1 The spelling of Shaksperes name 2 | 13 |
ib His departure from Stratford 16 The deerstealing story | 34 |
Steady advance of his private fortunes 160210 35 Shakspere | 40 |
d first productions of plays on the stage 46 II Internal | 47 |
Ends Well 117 16 17 Henry IV Parts I and II 120 18 | 142 |
Doubtful plays ascribed to Shakspere 209245 | 209 |
Shaksperes dramatic genius 245295 | 245 |
Life 523 No Wit No Help like a Womans ib A Game at Chess | 524 |
his comedies | 539 |
His qualities as a dramatist | 545 |
fertility as a playwright ib His nondramatic works 554 His | 560 |
A Maidenhead Well | 575 |
Nonextant plays by Heywood 583 His pageants | 584 |
The Queens | 626 |
CHAPTER VII | 643 |
developement a presumable influence ib Shaksperes romantic | 284 |
CHAPTER V | 296 |
Jonson and Queen Elisabeth ib His means and habit | 306 |
Jonson engaged on masques and entertainments | 313 |
Jonsons dramatic works | 334 |
Jonsons characteristics as a dramatist summarised 394407 | 394 |
inven | 407 |
JOHN MARSTON 15761634 472493 | 472 |
Marston | 480 |
THOMAS MIDDLETON 1570 c 1627 493540 | 493 |
The Old Law 501 Blurt | 511 |
Habits of literary partnership among Elisabethan | 660 |
Plays written in cooperation by Beaumont | 668 |
691 Wit at several Weapons 692 Beaumont ? Fletcher | 691 |
Other dramatists of this period | 713 |
ib The Chances 712 Plays by Fletcher and another author | 715 |
singers ? The Little French Lawyer 720 Fletcher and anothers | 727 |
Massingers ? The Lovers Progress 730 Fletcher and Middle | 737 |
explained by their agreement with their times 756 Their | 757 |
Shaksperes Sonnets | 765 |
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