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The Roaring Girl and Other City Comedies Reissue Edition
Author(s): Thomas Dekker (Author), George Chapman (Author), John Marston (Author), Ben Jonson (Author), Thomas Middleton (Author), James Knowles (Editor), Eugene Giddens (Editor)
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication Date: August 1, 2008
- Edition: Reissue
- Language: English
- Print length: 480 pages
- ISBN-10: 0199540101
- ISBN-13: 9780199540105
Book Description
This excellent volume brings together four of the most popular, most frequently studied and performed comedies that depict city life, by Thomas Dekker, Thomas Middleton, Ben Jonson and their contemporaries. Included are The Roaring Girl, The Shoemaker's Holiday, Eastward Ho!, and Every Man in His Humour. The text is freshly edited using modern spelling. A critical introduction, a wide-ranging annotation, and an informative bibliography illuminate the plays' cultural contexts and theatrical potential for reader and performer alike.
About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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About the Author
James Knowles, Reader in English, University of Stirling.
