Five romantic plays, 1768-1821
By: edited by Paul Baines, Edward Burns ; general editor, Michael Cordner ; associate general editors, Peter Holland, Martin Wiggins.
Contributors: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.; Southey, Robert, 1774-1843.; Baillie, Joanna, 1762-1851.; Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821.; Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824.; Baines, Paul, 1961-; Burns, Edward, 1955-
Series: Oxford English drama; Oxford world's classics; Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
Subjects: Tyler, Wat, d. 1381 -- Drama.; English drama -- 19th century.; English drama -- 18th century.; Romanticism -- Great Britain.
Genres: Drama.
Description: "Oxford English Drama offers plays from the sixteenth to early twentieth centuries in selections that make available both rarely printed and canonical works. The texts are freshly edited using modern spelling. Critical introductions, wide-ranging annotation, and informative bibliographies illuminate the play's cultural contexts and theatrical potential for reader and performer alike."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The mysterious mother / Horace Walpole; title: Wat Tyler / Robert Southey; title: De Monfort / Joanna Baillie; title: Lovers' vows / Elizabeth Inchbald; title: The two Foscari / Lord Byron.