The First and Second Parts of King Edward Iv: Thomas Heywood
By (Author) Richard Rowland
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press
1st May 2009
United Kingdom
Paperback
336
Width 138mm, Height 216mm
Edward IV' was one of the most popular plays of the early modern period, making a vital contribution to the genres of both chronicle history and the newly emergent 'domestic' tragedy. It is a work rich with allusions to the political and cultural controversies of its time, and a drama which demonstrates a brilliant if unusual stagecraft. -- .
Richard Rowland is Lecturer in English Literature and Drama at the University of York