Three Romances of Eastern Conquest

This volume brings together three late sixteenth-century popular stage romances of travel and conquest in the Muslim East. The plays are introduced, contextualised and edited for the first time in a modern-spelling edition.

List of contents

ABBREVIATIONS AND REFERENCES
INTRODUCTION
- Romance and conquest in early modern England
- The plays
- The texts
THE PLAYS
- The comical history of Alphonsus, King of Aragon by Robert Greene
- The tragedy of Soliman and Perseda by Thomas Kyd
- The Four Prentices of London by Thomas Heywood
Index

About the author

Ladan Niayesh is a Maître de Conférences (Senior Lecturer) in English Literature at the University of Paris VII, France

Summary

This volume brings together three late sixteenth-century popular stage romances of travel and conquest in the Muslim East. The plays are introduced, contextualised and edited for the first time in a modern-spelling edition. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Ladan Niayesh
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.09.2018
• EAN: 9780719078576
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-7857-6
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: Revels Plays Companion Library; Revels Plays Companion Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies