Bøker av Philip Massinger

This edition of the plays of Philip Massinger includes three of his most famous works, The Virgin-Martyr, The Unnatural Combat, and The Duke of Milan, as well as an introduction and essay by John Ferriar that provides a critical analysis of Massinger's writing and his place in the literary canon. These plays, written in the 17th century, are examples of some of the best work from the Jacobean and Caroline eras of English drama.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Plays of Philip Massinger, Vol. I, a classical book, has been considered essential throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

Excerpt from The Roman Actor: A Tragedie, as It Hath Divers Times Beene, With Good Allowance Acted, at the Private Play-House in the Black-Friers, by the Kings Majesties ServantsWith admiration heerebcheld him fall And yet out-litre his tragique Funerall For tis a quefiion Whether Caz/kw glorie Roi: to its heighth before, or in this Storie. Or whether Park in fdommam fattour Were there exaltedfihen in thisthy labour. Each line (peakes him an Emperour, e EURtownes thy deferuing temples with.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.