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George Peele

 
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Synopsis

The Works Of George Peele: David And Bethsabe. Battle Of Alcazar. Device Of The Pageant Borne Before Woolstone Dixi. Descensus Astrææ. A Farewell To Sir John Norris And Sir Francis Drake, &C., And A Tale Of Troy. Polyhymnia. The Honour Of The Garter. Miscellaneous Poems. Peele's Merry Conceited by George Peele. This two-volume edition from 1829, edited by the Rev. Alexander Dyce, compiles Peele’s dramatic and lyric works, offering a compact view of late Elizabethan drama and poetry. The collection surveys Peele’s principal plays and poems, including The Love Of David And Bethsabe, a biblical tragedy, with its Prologue and Dramatis Personae; The Battle Of Alcazar, a tragic-spectacle masque; The Pageant bearing before Woolstone Dixie; Descensus Astraeae, a ceremonial masque; A Farewell To Norris And Drake; A Tale Of Troy; Polyhymnia; The Honour Of The Garter; plus Peele’s Miscellaneous Poems and Jests. The edition features prefatory material, notes, glossaries and textual apparatus, reflecting scholarly attention to Peele’s life and work and to the textual history of his plays and verse for students and readers of early modern drama and poetry.

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