UID:
almafu_9960117541802883
Format:
1 online resource (xxii, 75 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511702235
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051170223X
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Literary studies
Content:
This 1914 scholarly edition of the mid-sixteenth-century play Jacke Jugeler contains an informative introduction and detailed notes. Little-known today, the play represents a pre-Shakespearean example of classical 'borrowing' - a Roman play by Plautus is adapted to an English domestic situation - and it is one of the first instances of confused identity and 'doubles' in English comedy. The text of this edition is taken from the unique original, probably published around 1562, in the collection of the Duke of Devonshire. In his Introduction, W. H. Williams proposes the likely identity of the play's author, and provides an analysis of the play's language to support his claim. He examines the connections in method, characters and language between Jacke Jugeler and Ralph Roister Doister, a play written and performed around the same time.
Note:
Originally published in Cambridge by Cambridge University Press in 1914.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781108002608
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1108002609
Language:
English
