Complete Plays and Poetry of Thomas Middleton (Delphi Classics)

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Drama, Shakespeare, Fiction & Literature

• Author: Thomas Middleton, Delphi Classics
• ISBN: 9781786560162
• Publisher: Delphi Classics
• Publication: December 15, 2009
• Language: English

The Jacobean playwright Thomas Middleton stands with John Fletcher and Ben Jonson as one of the most successful and prolific playwrights of his time. Middleton achieved equal success in comedy and tragedy, producing a diverse range of dramatic and poetic works. This comprehensive eBook presents Middleton’s complete plays and poetry, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Middleton’s life and works
* Concise introductions to the famous plays
* All 32 plays, with individual contents tables
* Includes rare attributions, available in no other collection
* Images of how the plays were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Excellent formatting of the play texts
* Features Middleton’s complete poetry available in no other collection
* Easily locate the poems you want to read
* Includes a special ‘Glossary of Elizabethan Language’, helping your comprehension of rare words and phrases
* Features two biographies - discover Middleton’s medieval life
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

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CONTENTS:

The Plays
THE PHOENIX
BLURT, MASTER CONSTABLE
THE HONEST WHORE, PART I
MICHAELMAS TERM
A TRICK TO CATCH THE OLD ONE
A MAD WORLD, MY MASTERS
A YORKSHIRE TRAGEDY
TIMON OF ATHENS
THE FAMILY OF LOVE
THE PURITAN
THE REVENGER’S TRAGEDY
YOUR FIVE GALLANTS
ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
THE BLOODY BANQUET
THE ROARING GIRL
NO WIT, NO HELP LIKE A WOMAN’S
THE SECOND MAIDEN’S TRAGEDY
A CHASTE MAID IN CHEAPSIDE
WIT AT SEVERAL WEAPONS
MORE DISSEMBLERS BESIDES WOMEN
THE WIDOW
THE WITCH
A FAIR QUARREL
THE OLD LAW
HENGIST, KING OF KENT
WOMEN BEWARE WOMEN
MEASURE FOR MEASURE
ANYTHING FOR A QUIET LIFE
THE CHANGELING
THE NICE VALOUR
THE SPANISH GYPSY
A GAME AT CHESS

The Poetry
THOMAS MIDDLETON’S POEMS

The Biographies
THOMAS MIDDLETON by Algernon Charles Swinburne
INTRODUCTION TO THOMAS MIDDLETON by A. H. Bullen

Glossary of Elizabethan Language

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