Product Description: The playwright's unremitting quest for a modern form of trgedy led him to a bold mixture of genres in this play, which has been hailed as one of the forerunners of modern tragicomedy. The title of the play, usually translated as "The Changlings", refers to the all-important mechanism which provides the drama with it's happy conclusion: the decietful interchange of two pairs of children in their infancy...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: This volume contains 32 essays which deal with modern trends in criticism in American and English literary and linguistic studies. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: "Selene" is court theatre, written by a courtier, performed before courtiers, and depicting events at a fictitious court. This volume proposes that after 1546, when he entered the service of the Duke of Ferrara, Giraldi had more practical and pressing concerns than the pursuit of literary fame...read more