{"product_id":"the-collected-works-of-thomas-kyd-volume-one-9781843846949","title":"The Collected Works of Thomas Kyd: Volume One","description":"\u003cb\u003eFirst, complete, integrated corpus of this major Elizabethan writer and first critical edition of his collected works in over one hundred years, with major new discoveries of authorship and attribution.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThomas Kyd (1558-94) is best known as author of \u003ci\u003eThe Spanish Tragedy, \u003c\/i\u003e the first revenge play, hugely influential on Shakespeare and other dramatists. He also wrote another love tragedy, \u003ci\u003eSoliman and Perseda\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCornelia\u003c\/i\u003e, a classical tragedy translated from the French. This is a small canon for a dramatist described as \"industrious\". Kyd worked between 1585 and 1594, when the instability in the London theatre caused by the plague led to companies breaking up and plays being published anonymously. For over a century scholars have been searching for Kyd plays, the most frequently attributed being \u003ci\u003eArden of Faversham\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Uniting accepted methods with modern electronic data processing, Brian Vickers has endorsed Kyd's authorship of \u003ci\u003eArden\u003c\/i\u003e and added two other plays: \u003ci\u003eKing Leir, \u003c\/i\u003eShakespeare's main source, and \u003ci\u003eFair Em\u003c\/i\u003e, a comedy - justifying Jonson's reference to \"sporting Kyd\". His research has also identified Kyd as co-author with Nashe of '\u003ci\u003eharey the vi'\u003c\/i\u003e, which became \u003ci\u003e1 Henry VI\u003c\/i\u003e after Shakespeare adapted it to his \"Wars of the Roses\" sequence. The evidence suggests that Kyd and Shakespeare co-authored \u003ci\u003eEdward III\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Collected Works of Thomas Kyd\u003c\/i\u003e brings together for the first time his dramas, poetry, translations, and letters in accurate modernized editions, each text edited by one of a team of internationally renowned scholars, accompanied by commentaries, collation notes, and introductions. Kyd emerges as a pioneering playwright of much greater generic range than has been hitherto recognized. His newly defined canon will stimulate a fresh evaluation of English drama in this crucial period.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brian Vickers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Boydell \u0026amp; Brewer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 646\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.38d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781843846949","brand":"Boydell \u0026 Brewer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43952565944435,"sku":"9.78184E+12","price":245.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_e9c2cbcf-da37-41e4-afad-1b6e412c29e5.jpg?v=1759495200","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-collected-works-of-thomas-kyd-volume-one-9781843846949","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}