Emrys Jones

The Origins of Shakespeare opens up a number of new approaches to its subject. It shows Shakespeare making a dramatic tradition out of the cultural promise of generation immediately preceding his own. It makes out a new case for crediting him with a knowledge of Greek tragedy. It argues that he remember the dying mystery play tradition, building his own tragedies on the passion plays. It demonstrated how richly involved are the Henry VI plays, Richard III, and King John in the cultural and political life of their time. Its implications will affect our conception of Shakespeare as a whole.

The Origins of Shakespeare

The sixteenth century has long been acknowledged the 'Golden Age' of English verse - with such names as Shakespeare, Donne, and Spenser to its credit it could hardly be otherwise. Yet this anthology, which includes both undisputed masterpieces and achievements in hitherto neglected fields, is the first to reveal the full range and diversity of the century's poetic riches. What emerges is the most complete picture available of the poetic vitality of the sixteenth century.

The New Oxford Book of Sixteenth Century Verse

Ronald Hull Buchanan

Desmond McCourt

Essays Presented to Emyr Estyn Evans

Man and His Habitat

William Shakespeare

George Richard Hibbard

Norman J. Sanders

Contains Coriolanus, Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra. Each play has its own introduction, a full and helpful commentary and a further reading list.

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