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ISBN: 9780192832962 - London Assurance
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London Assurance" and Other Victorian Comedies

Dion Boucicault, W. S. Gilbert, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Henry James
Stierstorfer, Klaus (Lecturer, Institut fur Anglistik und

ISBN: 9780192832962
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Oxford University Press


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Offers plays from the 16th to the early 20th centuries. The texts are edited using modern spelling. Critical introductions, annotation, and bibliographies illuminate the plays' cultural contexts and theatrical potential.

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Dion Boucicault: London Assurance W. S. Gilbert: Engaged Edward Bulwer-Lytton: Money Henry James: The High Bid Oxford English Drama offers plays from the sixteenth to the early twentieth centuries in selections that make available both rarely printed and canonical works. The texts are freshly edited using modern spelling. Critical introductions, wide-ranging annotation, and informative bibliographies illuminate the plays' cultural contexts and theatrical potential for reader and performer alike. 'The series should reshape the canon in a number of significant areas. A splendid and imaginative project.' Professor Anne Barton, Cambridge University.
 
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