English drama from early times to the Elizabethans : its background, origins and developments / A.P. Rossiter
1966, Fourth Impression. London ; New York : Hutchinson's University Library. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #467672
Physical description; 176 pages : frontispiece ; 24 cm. Notes; Bibliographical references included in "Notes": pages 164-169. Contents; Prologue: Of dramatic history -- Pagan rituals -- Rome and Christendom -- Christian ritual drama -- Ritual comic relief -- Gothic Drama -- The castle and the pin -- The morality genus -- Interludes -- Interlude of church and state -- The stage of academic imports -- Mungrell tragy-comedie -- Epilogue: from the Elizabethan stage. Subjects; To 1500. English drama To 1500 History and criticism. English drama. English drama Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 History and criticism. Drama, Medieval History and criticism. English drama History and criticism.
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