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Why did Queen Elizabeth I compare herself with her disastrous ancestor Richard II Why would Ben Jonson transform Queen Anne and her ladies into Amazons as entertainment for the pacifist King James This title includes essays that deal with Shakespeare, Jonson and Milton, with Renaissance magic and Renaissance costume.

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(Hardback)

Renowned Shakespearean Stephen Orgel reveals how Shakespeare's scripts were transformed from popular drama into the greatest monument of English literature, a triumph of both editorial intervention and marketing.

(Paperback)

Renowned Shakespearean Stephen Orgel reveals how Shakespeare's scripts were transformed from popular drama into the greatest monument of English literature, a triumph of both editorial intervention and marketing.