Campaspe
Published on 30. January 1992
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-0-7190-1550-2 (ISBN)
Description
One of a series of play texts by Elizabethan and Jacobean dramatists other than Shakespeare, this volume discusses the plays "Campaspe" and "Sappho and Phao" by John Lyly. The series aims to throw light on the plays and to offer views of the plays that have been neglected in the past.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
illustrations, index
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
567 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7190-1550-2 (9780719015502)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Introduction to "Campaspe"; the text; date and authorship; sources and traditions; dramaturgy; staging; performance; introduction to "Sappho and Phao"; the text; authorship and date; sources and traditions; allegory; the comedy of courtship; the language of the play; dramaturgy and staging. Appendices: a collation of variants between Quarto 1 and Quarto 2 of 1584; variants newly introduced into Quarto 3 of 1591; the songs in "Campaspe" and "Sappho and Phao".