The Dramatic Works in the Beaumont and Fletcher Canon: Volume 2, The Maid's Tragedy, A King and No King, Cupid's Revenge, The Scornful Lady, Love's Pilgrimage [Paperback]

Francis Beaumont (Author), John Fletcher (Author), Fredson Bowers (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 4, 2008

This is the second volume in a ten-volume series of the critical old-spelling texts of the plays in the Beaumont and Fletcher canon, in which the texts are established on modern bibliographical principles. Each play is preceded by detailed notes on the text of the play, and is followed by textual notes, lists of variants, emendations of accidentals, and an historical collation. A general note of the principles on which the text of this edition was established is contained in Volume I.

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"Overall, Bowers' authoritative editions of the Beaumont and Fletcher canon provide a much-needed service for the small but ever diligent body of Beaumont anf Fletcher scholars. One is immediately impressed with the years of research and cross-reference required to amass such a complete cataloging of textual variants, emendations, and authorial collaborations." The Sixteenth Century Journal

Book Description

This is the second volume in a ten-volume series of the critical old-spelling texts of the plays in the Beaumont and Fletcher canon, in which the texts are established on modern bibliographical principles. Each play is preceded by detailed notes on the text of the play, and is followed by textual notes, lists of variants, emendations of accidentals, and an historical collation.

Product Details

• Paperback: 704 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (February 4, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521060346
• ISBN-13: 978-0521060349
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,868,864 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "A reader" is not reviewing volume 9, April 14, 2005

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This review is from: The Dramatic Works in the Beaumont and Fletcher Canon: Volume 9, The Sea Voyage, The Double Marriage, The Prophetess, The Little French Lawyer, The Elder Brother, The Maid in the Mill (Hardcover)

Although volume 9 of Fredson Bowers' Beaumont & Fletcher project is a good one, none of the plays mentioned by "a reader" occur in volume 9. This means that the review by " a reader" is definitely useful, but perhaps not in the way it was originally intended.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An interesting collection, May 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Dramatic Works in the Beaumont and Fletcher Canon: Volume 6, Wit Without Money, The Pilgrim, The Wild-Goose Chase, A Wife for a Month, Rule a Wife and Have a Wife (Hardcover)

Having taught B&F in my early 17th cent. drama class, I can recommend Wit without Money and, to some extent, The Wild-Goose Chase. I would not bother with Wife for a Month, one of the weakest and poorly written of their collaborations. Nevertheless, this is a handy book.