Description
In a series of major plays, George Chapman (21559-1634) pioneered many of the most important genres in Elizabethan and Jacobean drama.
Bussy D'Ambois, a bloodthirsty tale of an utterly uncompromising French adventurer, counts as England's first heroic tragedy. All Fooles precedes Ben Jonson. in creating a comedy of intrigue which captures the atmosphere of a rapidly
expanding London. And The Widdowes Teares, a savage story of a man who pretends to be dead so he can woo his wife in the guise of her husband's murderer, helped create the vogue for tragi-comedies. Although often odd and disturbing, such works establish their author as among the most powerful writers of his age, yer they have been comparatively neglected by recent editors. This volume, specially designed to fill the gap, also includes a substantial selection of Chapman's celebrated poetry. ISBN:9780140436365
