THE TOWNELEY PLAYS [TWO VOLUMES]; Volume I: Introduction and Text & Volume II: Notes and Glossary

Stevens, Martin & A. C. Cawley (Eds. )

Published by Ealy English Text Society, 1994

About this Item

Vol 1: ISBN: 019722413X, 1994, xlviii & 435 pp & Vol 2: ISBN: 0197224148, 1994, 436-733 pp.; Early English Text Society S. S. 13 & S. S. 14; 733 pages; This new edition of The Towneley Plays (c. 1500) replaces the edition by George England and Alfred W. Pollard published nearly one hundred years ago by the Early English Text Society. Apart from the corrections of errors in the transcription of the text, the new edition offers a comprehensive introduction, body of notes, and glossary. It also presents the text in a new format, based on an examination of the manuscript, by expanding stanzas attributed to the so-called "Wakefield Master" from nine lines (with some internal rhyme) to thirteen lines.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE TOWNELEY PLAYS [TWO VOLUMES]; Volume I: Introduction and Text & Volume II: Notes and Glossary
• Publisher: Ealy English Text Society
• Publication Date: 1994
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
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  • Early English Text Society