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]

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

Book Description

Publication Date: January 27, 1995 | Series: Dramatic Works in the Beaumont and Fletcher Canon

This is the ninth volume in the definitive series of critical, old-spelling texts of the plays in the Beaumont and Fletcher canon, in which the texts are established on modern bibliographical principles. This volume contains six plays written by Fletcher and his collaborators, Philip Massinger and William Rowley. Each play is introduced by a discussion of the text and authorship, and is accompanied by detailed textual notes, a list of press-variants, emendations of accidentals and a historical collation. The plays are The Sea Voyage, The Double Marriage, The Prophetess, The Little French Lawyer, The Elder Brother and The Maid in the Mill.

Editorial Reviews

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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

"...these volumes...will survive for a long time as a monument to Bower's influential ideas about the critical text." Alan Shepard, Renaissance Quarterly

Book Description

This is the ninth volume in the definitive series of critical, old-spelling texts of the plays in the Beaumont and Fletcher canon, in which the texts are established on modern bibliographical principles. This volume contains six plays written by Fletcher and his collaborators, Philip Massinger and William Rowley.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 675 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (January 27, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521361885
• ISBN-13: 978-0521361880
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.4 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,423,055 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.