Scholars have long noted a difference in the type of play represented in the various periods of Shakespeare's career. Three types were commonly recognized as the chief on the Elizabethan stage: comedy, tragedy, and history. ...

The purpose of this thesis is to show that Christopher Marlowe is an exponent of the Renaissance in that one can detect some aspects of that age reflected in his works. Before considering the personality of Marlowe, the ...

The name of Daniel Heinsius, the author of De Tragoediae Constitutione, is well known to students of the history of English literary criticism. Generally, however, it is by name and reputation only that Heinsius is known, ...