Alfred Harbage was an influential Shakespearean scholar of the mid-20th century. He also penned crime fiction under the pseudonym Thomas Kyd. His scholarly work offers profound insights into Shakespeare, while his foray into crime fiction reveals a versatile literary voice. Harbage's unique path through academia and genre fiction invites readers to appreciate the breadth of literary expression.
The Histories and the Non-Dramatic Poetry
This selection of his poetry-sonnets, and songs and verse from plays, some justly familiar, others less known-offers the quintessence of his remarkable art and provides an enticing introduction to his work.
This new edition is based on the quarto, the version closest to the original manuscript. The introduction illminates the plays' origins and practicalities of composition, its reception and influence. Detailed notes pay especial attention to language and staging, and the volume includes King Lear's first derivative, a contemporary ballad, and guides to appreciation of the play and its multiple offshoots.
SHAKESPEAR'S ROMANCES&COMEDIES COLLECTION,BY THE COMPLETE PELICAN ,1969. PAPERBACK,529 PAGES