Explore a scholarly edition of Massinger’s Duke of Milan that blends rigorous text study with historical context.
Delve into a careful critical introduction and a detailed notes apparatus that illuminate the play’s origin, its performance history, and its textual transmission. This edition frames the work within Massinger’s collaborations and the theatrical world of early 17th-century England, offering readers both the play’s readerly drama and the scholarly apparatus behind the edition.
This volume guides you through early printings, manuscript corrections, and the editors’ decisions in shaping a clean, reliable text. It situates the drama in its cultural moment, helping readers understand how production, patronage, and authorship shaped the work you’ll read on the page. Ideal for students, teachers, and any reader seeking a careful, historically informed approach to Massinger’s Duke of Milan.
- A clean, accessible text based on original quartos and scholarly corrections.
- Editorial notes that explain textual choices and historical references.
- Context on Massinger’s collaborations with other playwrights and his era’s theater companies.
- Background on reception, printing history, and the play’s place in English drama.
Ideal for readers of classic English drama, literary scholars, and those studying early modern theater.