The Arden Guide to Renaissance Drama

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Part I. Politics and Society -- Men and Women -- Travel and Trade -- Humanism -- The stage -- Authors, Books and Readers -- Genre -- Language and Style -- Part II. The Alchemist -- Arden of Faversham -- Doctor Faustus -- The Duchess of Malfi -- Hamlet -- Henry V -- The Jew of Malta -- The Knight of the Burning Pestle -- The Roaring Girl -- The Shoemaker's Holiday -- The Spanish Tragedy -- The Tempest -- The Tragedy of Mariam -- Volpone.