Excerpt from A Treasury of English Literature: Elizabethan Literature The present volume is occupied with Elizabethan literature, but excluding the drama. This may seem, at first, rather like presenting the play of Hamlet with the Prince of Denmark left out; yet it seemed better to leave the drama alone. One cannot represent the full and rushing life of Elizabethan comedy and tragedy, the unfolding of plot, the clash and development of character - that which is, in fact, the essence of drama - in a few detached scenes. One ...
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Excerpt from A Treasury of English Literature: Elizabethan Literature The present volume is occupied with Elizabethan literature, but excluding the drama. This may seem, at first, rather like presenting the play of Hamlet with the Prince of Denmark left out; yet it seemed better to leave the drama alone. One cannot represent the full and rushing life of Elizabethan comedy and tragedy, the unfolding of plot, the clash and development of character - that which is, in fact, the essence of drama - in a few detached scenes. One can represent the poetical skill of the dramatist, and in this light, as lyric poets, Shakespeare, Mar lowe, Ben Jonson, Chapman and other writers of plays will be found in this collection. To Spenser ample space has been given; which is fitting, because not only is he by far the greatest of the non-dramatic Elizabethan poets, but his influence on literature and in the making of poets has extended down to our own day. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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