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English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: English drama--16th century

Found in 121 Collections and/or Records:

Cosmic identities, 1939

 File — Box 02: Series MSS020:01 [Barcode: 35138008124700], Folder: 09
Identifier: MSS020:01.31
Scope and Contents

The materials include an article explaining the doctrine of cosmic identities and the philosophy behind it. It also applies the doctrine to Shakespeares time and how he incorporated it into his plays.

Dates: 1939

Court vs. Country in Shakespeare's Plays, 1934

 File — Box 02: Series MSS020:01 [Barcode: 35138008124700], Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS020:01.34
Scope and Contents

The materials include an article describing Shakespeare's portrayal of Elizabethan life and whether it was a realistic portrayal or not and also the different representations of court and country in Shakespeare's plays.

Dates: 1934

Die Soziale Stellung Der Englischen Renaissancedramatiker

 File — Box 07: Series MSS020:02 [Barcode: 35138008229236], Folder: 03
Identifier: MSS020:02.55
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Dr. Samuel A. Tannenbaum collected well over 400 article reprints and pamphlets concerning the Renaissance era as it related to Shakespeare and his contemporaries.

Dates: 1879-1947

Dogberry's Due Process of Law, 1943

 File — Box 02: Series MSS020:01 [Barcode: 35138008124700], Folder: 20
Identifier: MSS020:01.42
Scope and Contents

The article analyzes the character of Dogberry in Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing." The author discusses the character's impact on the plot of the play and the significance of his actions.

Dates: 1943

Early Text of Two of Raleigh's Poems, 1941

 File — Box 06: Series MSS020:02 [Barcode: 35138008229228], Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS020:02.40
Scope and Contents

The documents include notes regarding Sir William Raleigh’s poems, but focuses on The Lie and all of its manuscripts.

Dates: 1941

Elizabethan ballads, 1917-1923

 File — Box 01: Series MSS020:01 [Barcode: 35138008124692], Folder: 14
Identifier: MSS020:01.14
Scope and Contents

The material includes various two documents regarding different Elizabethan ballads. One article has a series of songs, which include the words and the score. The other essay is a series of notes on the "Shiburn Ballads," giving some insight and facts about the songs based on a volume of these ballads written by Mr. Andrew Clark. Hyder E. Rollins wrote both documents.

Dates: 1917-1923

Elizabethan Credulity, 1940

 File — Box 02: Series MSS020:01 [Barcode: 35138008124700], Folder: 13
Identifier: MSS020:01.35
Scope and Contents

The materials include a document discussing Elizabethan Credulity and how individual attitudes towards strange features of the world might affect the response of readers towards literature that makes references to those wonders.

Dates: 1940

Elizabethan-Restoration Palimpsest, 1940

 File — Box 05: Series MSS020:02 [Barcode: 35138008124734], Folder: 24
Identifier: MSS020:02.24
Scope and Contents

The document examines early Elizabethan plays to determine if they were original works or unpublished plays that were taken and published by a later playwright as their own works.

Dates: 1940

Elizabethan spelling, 1923

 File — Box 07: Series MSS020:02 [Barcode: 35138008229236], Folder: 05
Identifier: MSS020:02.57
Scope and Contents

The documents examine 16th and 17th century spelling to understand the literary and biographical clues that may be found within Elizabethan writings.

Dates: 1923

Essays on the Comedy of Errors, 1926-1932

 File — Box 02: Series MSS020:01 [Barcode: 35138008124700], Folder: 05
Identifier: MSS020:01.27
Scope and Contents

The materials include three articles discussing the play Comedy of Errors by Shakespeare. One document talks about plot structure and sources; another talks about the development and evolution of the show. Also included are general notes and analysis of the show.

Dates: 1926-1932