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Tamburlaine the Great (Revels Student Edition)

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Tamburlaine the Great is a powerful Elizabethan drama that explores the rise of the formidable Central Asian conqueror, Tamburlaine. This edition offers expanded footnotes and informative stage directions that illuminate the play's theatrical elements, making it accessible to readers of all familiarity levels with Elizabethan drama.
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Ideal for students and enthusiasts of Elizabethan theatre looking for a detailed, accessible text with scholarly support.

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"Tamburlaine the Great" achieved, and sustained, great success on the Elizabethan stage, and it speaks to our own time too, when it has been the subject of numerous productions. Cunningham and Henderson illuminate the themes of the play to help make it accessible to today's readers. In the REVELS PLAYS STUDENT EDITIONS series.

Authoritative version of this much loved play. Back in print after a dozen years with corrections and amendations.

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Expanded footnotes are designed to help readers at all levels of familiarity with Elizabethan drama. There is an emphasis on the play as a theatre text, including informative stage directions.

The introduction is stimulating and makes a notable break from the orthodox style.

Tamburlaine the Great (Revels Student Edition) is an essential read for those interested in Elizabethan theatre and its contemporary interpretations.

Series: Revels Student Editions

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780719054365

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 08 October 1998

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Manchester University Press

Contributors:

  • Edited by J. S. Cunningham
  • Edited by Eithne Henson

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 236g

Pages: 240

About the Author

J. S. Cunningham is Emeritus Professor of English Literature from Leicester University. Eithne Henson is a retired Lecturer of English Literature

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