Cardenio, Or, The Second Maiden's TragedyGlenbridge Pub., 1994 - 275 pages Long sought by scholars as the Holy Grail of world literature, and masquerading under the censor's makeshift title, "The second maiden's tragedy," this lost play was discovered by Charles Hamilton, a forensic document examiner and literary historian. |
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Page 106
... Second Maiden's Tragedy looks like today . Labelled Lansdowne 807 ( folios 29-56 in a slender- bound volume ) , it rubs iambs with interlopers on either side - The Queen of Corsica by Francis Jaques ( folios 2-28 ) ... Second Maiden's Tragedy.
... Second Maiden's Tragedy looks like today . Labelled Lansdowne 807 ( folios 29-56 in a slender- bound volume ) , it rubs iambs with interlopers on either side - The Queen of Corsica by Francis Jaques ( folios 2-28 ) ... Second Maiden's Tragedy.
Page 240
... Second Maiden's Tragedy . Here are twenty reasons why I believe this drama was not written by Middleton : 1. The manuscript of The Second Maiden's Tragedy , subsequently converted into a promptbook , is not in Middleton's hand . It is ...
... Second Maiden's Tragedy . Here are twenty reasons why I believe this drama was not written by Middleton : 1. The manuscript of The Second Maiden's Tragedy , subsequently converted into a promptbook , is not in Middleton's hand . It is ...
Page 250
... Second Maiden's Tragedy was , as other critics had pointed out , very different from all previous plays written by Middleton . Schoenbaum effectively did this when he stated : " ... in the remarkable lesser action of The Second Maiden's ...
... Second Maiden's Tragedy was , as other critics had pointed out , very different from all previous plays written by Middleton . Schoenbaum effectively did this when he stated : " ... in the remarkable lesser action of The Second Maiden's ...
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Cardenio, Or, The Second Maiden's Tragedy William Shakespeare,Charles Hamilton,John Fletcher Limited preview - 1994 |
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