This collection recovers the continuities between three forms of romance that have often been separated from one another in critical discourse: early modern prose fiction, the dramatic romances staged in England during the 1570s and 1580s, and Shakespeare’s late plays.
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Place: UK
Publication Year: 2009-02-16
Language: English
Number of Pages: 276
Edition: 1
Series: Routledge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture
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