Shakespeare's borrowed feathers : how early modern playwrights shaped the world's greatest writer /

A fascinating book exploring the early modern authors who helped to shape Shakespeare’s beloved plays. Shakespeare’s plays have influenced generations of writers, but who were the early modern playwrights who influenced him? Using the latest techniques in textual analysis Shakespeare's borrowed...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Freebury-Jones, Darren (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2024.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: plucking a crow
  • A player's hide
  • John Lyly
  • Christopher Marlowe
  • Thomas Kyd
  • Robert Greene
  • George Peele
  • Thomas Dekker, John Marston, and Ben Jonson
  • Thomas Middleton
  • John Fletcher
  • Conclusion: our other Shake-scenes.