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This is the new paperback edition of the first fully annotated volume of Ben Jonson's 'The Magnetic Lady' written in 1632. It contains textual and explanatory notes and the text is modernised for student use. The introduction places the play in the context of Jonson's later dramatic and poetic works and discusses the political context of the Caroline court. A performance history of the play and fresh material relating to its seventeenth-centur...

In English Drama before Shakespeare, Peter Happe surveys the range of dramatic activity in English covering the medieval period up to 1590. The book shows that there was much continuity throughout in spite of many innovations: this is in part a challenge to the traditional divisions between medieval and Renaissance literature. Many of the plays considered are anonymous, but there is a coherent, biographical view of the work of known dramatists...

English Drama before Shakespeare surveys the range of dramatic activity in English up to 1590. The book challenges the traditional divisions between Medieval and Renaissance literature by showing that there was much continuity throughout this period, in spite of many innovations. The range of dramatic activity includes well-known features such as mystery cycles and the interludes, as well as comedy and tragedy. Para-dramatic activity such as t...

A Malone Society volume of George Wapull's 1576 play, The Tide Tarrieth No Man. Beautifully produced in a facsimile edition, from one of only five extant originals. -- .

This study examines the life and works of John Bale, the leading playwright of the English Reformation. At first a Catholic in the Carmelite order, Bale converted during the later years of Henry VIII to Protestantism and began writing plays and polemical works that made him a leading figure in the Reformation and one of the most effective proponents of the Protestant cause in England. Peter Happe argues that when carefully read, Bale's work is...

This edition of "The Devil is an Ass" (1616) aims to provide an insight into Jonson's life and work, the theatrical qualities of the play, its political background and its textual history. In his introduction, Peter Happe looks at the special place of the play in Jonson's own life, his interest in London, the theatrical setting of the play and its sources and analogues. There are critical and explanatory commentaries and a glossarial index. Th...

Against a background which included revolutionary changes in religious belief, enlargement of dramatic styles and the technological innovation of printing, this collection of essays about biblical drama offers innovative approaches to text and performance, while reviewing some well-established critical issues.

Die internationale Verflechtung der nationalen Marktwirtschaften bedingt immer subtilere Kollisionen der die einzelnen Märkte regelnden Rechtsvorschriften und Verwaltungsakte. Im ersten Teil werden Regeln aufgezeigt, die das Völkerrecht zur Lösung dieser Kollisionen bereithält. Im Gegensatz zur lose integrierten Völkerrechtsgemeinschaft schiebt sich unter dem Regime des EWGV die Lösung mit den weitestgehenden Rechtsfolgen ins Blickfeld: die An...

Provides an overview of and introduction to the Towneley cycle of plays, a 32-play cycle written in c 1500, which begins with the fall of Lucifer and ends with the Last Judgement, and was performed as part of the festival of Corpus Christi in Wakefield. This volume examines the cycle's textual history, and discusses issues of language and style.

Two-volume collection providing the first opportunity to consider Bale's surviving dramatic work as a whole in the original language. His plays explore the theological and political implications of the English Reformation and offers a Protestant counterblast to the English mystery cycles.

Two-volume collection providing the first opportunity to consider Bale's surviving dramatic work as a whole in the original language. His plays explore the theological and political implications of the English Reformation and offers a Protestant counterblast to the English mystery cycles.

Musikwissenschaft und Reflexion über Musik haben in Deutschland eine lange Tradition. Wem und wofür nutzt ein musikwissenschaftliches Universitätsstudium heute? Überproportional zunehmende Studentenzahlen seit Beginn der Siebziger Jahre (1985: ca. 5000) lassen auf steigendes Interesse an musik- und kulturwissenschaftlichen Fragen schliessen. Worin bestehen die subjektiven Studienmotivationen angesichts des sich rapide verändernden gesellschaft...

This is the paperback edition of the first fully annotated volume of Ben Jonson's 'The Magnetic Lady' written in 1632. It contains textual and explanatory notes and the text is modernised for student use. The introduction places the play in the context of Jonson's later dramatic and poetic works and discusses the political context of the Caroline court. A performance history of the play and fresh material relating to its seventeenth-century re...