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Shakespeare & the Greek Romance: A Study of Origins
by Gesner, Carol
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0813112206
- ISBN 13
- 9780813112206
- Seller
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Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 1970. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Green cloth with gilt, headband, x, 216 pages, Near Fine condition, dust jacket is in Near Fine condition. "In this carefully researched study, Miss Gesner seeks to relate for the first time the Greek romances to Elizabethan drama. Herein is collected what is known of the Greek romance materials in Shakespear's plays in order to clarify some of the backgrrounds of the playwright's composite art as well as to bring about more understanding of the total relationship of the Greek romance to Renaissance literature." Contents include: Preface / The Greek Romances / The Continental Tradition / Shakespeare & the Derived Tradition / Shakespeare's Greek Romances / Appendix: A Bibliographic Survey / notes / Bibliography / index. Check out the scans. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Jacket design by Robert James Foose. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- Nessa Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009928
- Title
- Shakespeare & the Greek Romance: A Study of Origins
- Author
- Gesner, Carol
- Illustrator
- Jacket design by Robert James Foose
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0813112206
- ISBN 13
- 9780813112206
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Place of Publication
- Lexington, Kentucky
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- Gesner, Carol Shakespeare & the Greek Romance: A Study of Origins Jacket design by Robert James Foose University Press of Kentucky 0813112206 -----The scan you see is the book you get. Green cloth with gilt, headband, x, 216 pages, Near Fine co
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- Reference; Theatre;
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