A much needed, fully annotated and modernized text of a long neglected play used by Shakespeare as the principal basis of King John. Published anonymously in 1591, it can now be attributed definitively to Peele and ranks as the most important Elizabethan history play after Shakespeare and Marlowe's Edward II.
A much needed, fully annotated and modernized text of a long neglected play used by Shakespeare as the principal basis of King John. Published anonymously in 1591, it can now be attributed definitively to Peele and ranks as the most important Elizabethan history play after Shakespeare and Marlowe's Edward II.
Charles R. Forker is Emeritus Professor of English at Indiana University, Bloomington
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Introduction The emergence of a genre Authorship and date Sources The play From The Troublesome Reign to Shakespeare's King John The text The Troublesome Reign of John, King of England Appendix 1: Historical background including longer extracts from the sources Appendix 2: Unique matches of three consecutive words in The Troublesome Reign with comparable word strings in other plays by Peele Index
Introduction The emergence of a genre Authorship and date Sources The play From The Troublesome Reign to Shakespeare's King John The text The Troublesome Reign of John, King of England Appendix 1: Historical background including longer extracts from the sources Appendix 2: Unique matches of three consecutive words in The Troublesome Reign with comparable word strings in other plays by Peele Index
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