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Types of English drama / edited by John W. Ashton ...
Van Pelt Library PR1245 .A7 1940
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Types of English literature
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English drama.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 750 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : The Macmillan Company, 1940.
- Contents:
- The mystery play: The play of Abraham and Melchizedek and Lot, with the sacrifice of Isaac.
- The moral play: Everyman.
- Romantic comedy: Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay, by Robert Greene.
- The history play: Edward II, by Christopher Marlowe.
- Realistic comedy: The alchemist, by Ben Jonson.
- Domestic tragedy: A woman killed with kindness, by Thomas Heywood.
- The comedy of manners: The way of the world, by William Congreve.
- Song drama: The beggar's opera, by John Gay.
- Burlesque drama: The critic, by R. B. Sheridan.
- Romantic tragedy: A blot on the 'scutcheon, by Robert Browning.
- Farce: The importance of being earnest, by Oscar Wilde.
- Realistic tragedy: Anna Christie, by Eugene O'Neill.
- Notes:
- Each selection preceded by a sketch of the author, with bibliography.
- OCLC:
- 1200127
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