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portada A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 03
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Language
English
Pages
362
Format
Paperback
ISBN13
9789309335471

A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 03

William Carew Hazlitt (Author) · Alpha Edition · Paperback

A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 03 - William Carew Hazlitt

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Synopsis "A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 03"

A boastful suitor's courtship and a household thrown into disorder by a missing needle become sharp instruments of comedy in this anthology of early English drama. Alongside these recognisably human troubles, religious belief and moral conduct are transformed into theatrical conflict, allowing folly, vice and competing values to confront one another through speech and action rather than narrative explanation. Allegory acquires a vivid dramatic presence in the morality play, where figures such as Perverse Doctrine, Ignorance, New Custom and Light of the Gospel embody opposing religious and ethical principles. Their exchanges expose hypocrisy, cruelty and avarice while setting them against edification, assurance and felicity. The comedies bring the same scrutiny to social behaviour, finding disorder in courtship, vanity and domestic life without separating amusement from moral consequence. Across the morality play, comedies and interludes, satire and instruction repeatedly meet on the stage. Human weakness is not treated as an abstract subject: it speaks, argues, boasts and creates confusion. The shifting forms give the collection its distinctive range, moving between allegorical drama and old English comedy while maintaining a sustained concern with belief, conduct and the consequences of vice. Dialogue carries the ideas, and theatrical action turns moral opposition into immediate encounter. This book was out of print for decades and is now republished by Alpha Editions. It has been restored for today's and future generations. This edition is not just a reprint - it's a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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