Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, Volume 34Gale, 1997 - 500 pages Each print volume in this long-standing series profiles approximately 4-8 of the greatest writers and thinkers of the late Middle Ages, Renaissance and Restoration periods by providing full-text or excerpted criticism taken from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholarly journals. This volume is devoted to English mystery cycle dramas including the Chester Plays, N-Town Cycle, Towneley Plays and York Plays. |
Contents
English Mystery Cycle Dramas | 1 |
The Chester Plays | 89 |
NTown Cycle | 163 |
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