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Three romances of Eastern conquest / edited by Ladan Niayesh. - 1 online resource - Revels Plays Companion Library . - Revels plays companion library. .

The comical history of Alphonsus, King of Aragon / by Robert Greene -- The tragedy of Soliman and Perseda / by Thomas Kyd -- The four prentices of London / by Thomas Heywood.

This volume brings together three little-known works by key playwrights from the late sixteenth-century golden age of English drama. All three convey the public theatre's fascination with travel and adventure through the popular genre of heroic romance, while reflecting the contemporaries' wide range of responses to cross-cultural contacts with the Muslim East and the Mediterranean challenges posed by the Ottoman empire.0The volume presents the first modern-spelling editions of the three plays, with extensive annotations catering for specialised scholars while also making the texts accessible to students and theatre-goers. A detailed introduction discusses issues of authorship, dates and sources, and sets the plays in their historical and cultural contexts, offering exciting insights on Elizabethan performance strategies, printing practices, and the circulation of knowledge and stereotypes related to ethnic and religious difference.

ISBN: 9781526107930 (electronic bk.) 1526107937 (electronic bk.) 9781526107947 1526107945

Source: 9781526107930 Ingram Content Group 22573/ctvn973b8 JSTOR

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB8I2819 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 019074024 Uk

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1500-1600

Subjects--Topical Terms:
English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600.
Théâtre anglais--16e siècle.
FICTION--General.
DRAMA--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Middle East--Drama.
Middle East.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Drama.
Drama.
Théâtre.

LC Class. No.: PR1283

Dewey Class. No.: 823.08