{"product_id":"thomas-kyd-a-dramatist-restored-9780691211602","title":"Thomas Kyd: A Dramatist Restored","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking new account of the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Spanish Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e that establishes him as a major Elizabethan dramatist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThomas Kyd (1558-1594) was a highly regarded dramatist and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Spanish Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e, the first revenge tragedy and the most influential Elizabethan play. In this first full study of his life and works, Brian Vickers discusses Kyd's accepted canon as well as three additional plays Vickers has newly identified as having been written by Kyd--exciting discoveries that establish him as a major dramatist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThomas Dekker, a fellow Elizabethan dramatist, referred to \"industrious Kyd,\" which suggests a greater output than the three plays traditionally attributed to him--\u003ci\u003eThe Spanish Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSoliman and Perseda\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCornelia\u003c\/i\u003e. Kyd worked between 1585 and 1594, when the plague led to the anonymous publication of many plays because of the breakup of several London theatre companies. Researching this corpus, Vickers has identified Kyd's authorship of three more plays: \u003ci\u003eArden of Faversham\u003c\/i\u003e, the first domestic tragedy, \u003ci\u003eKing Leir and his three daughters\u003c\/i\u003e, a tragicomedy that provided Shakespeare with his main source, and \u003ci\u003eFair Em\u003c\/i\u003e, a love comedy. These attributions are based on two forms of evidence: unique similarities of plot between Kyd's acknowledged and newly attributed plays and many unique phrases shared by all six plays as identified by modern software. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDiscussing all the plays in detail and placing them in biographical and historical context, \u003ci\u003eThomas Kyd \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a major reassessment of an underappreciated Elizabethan playwright.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian Vickers, \u003c\/b\u003ea Fellow of the British Academy and an International Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, is a Senior Research Fellow at the School of Advanced Study at London University. His many books include \u003ci\u003eThe One King Lear \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Shakespeare, Co-Author: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Historical Study of Five Collaborative Plays\u003c\/i\u003e. He is editing \u003ci\u003eThe Collected Works of Thomas Kyd \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Collected Works of John Ford\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50894247133458,"sku":"9780691211602","price":43.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5e3283fb-9384-44f7-a418-b872f5c9a8e2.jpg?v=1738246777","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/thomas-kyd-a-dramatist-restored-9780691211602","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}