George Gascoigne, a Hundreth Sundrie Flowres

Zusatztext Pigman offers a detailed and illuminating commentary on the text, its allusions, echoes, sources, and keys to interpretation, as well as providing useful indexes and a glossary. If anything deserves to bring George Gascoigne back into the spotlight of serious attention, it is this judicious and scholarly edition. Clearly the result of some years of thoughtful preparation and research, G. W. Pigman's A Hundreth Sundrie Flowres is a worthy addition to the Oxford English Authors series and is a reminder of just how valuable responsible editing can be. Klappentext George Gascoigne has been called the most versatile author of the sixteenth century. His A Hundreth Sundrie Flowres, published anonymously in 1573, contains the first adaptation of a Greek tragedy in English, the finest Elizabethan novella, and the play from which Shakespeare took the subplot for The Taming of the Shrew. This is the only modern edition to respect the integrity of the first edition. The critical apparatus allows the reader toreconstruct the changes Gascoigne later made in The Posies (1575), and all the works which appear there for the first time are included. The commentary studies Gascoigne's use of his sources and situates his works in their literary and social milieux. Zusammenfassung This edition of Gascoigne's poetry collection respects the integrity of the first edition, including the two plays, "Supposes" and "Jocasta". The critical apparatus of this edition allows the reader to reconstruct the changes made to "The Posies", studying Gascoigne's use of his sources.

Product details

• Authors: George Gascoigne
• Assisted by: G. W. Pigman (Editor), Pigman G. W. (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2000
• EAN: 9780198117797
• ISBN: 978-0-19-811779-7
• No. of pages: 848
• Series: Oxford English Texts; Oxford English Texts
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; POETRY / General, English, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Renaissance, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Poetry by individual poets, Literary essays, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600