John Webster

The Thracian Wonder: a Comical History. John Webster

Publisher Marketing: Title: The Thracian wonder: a comical history. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century's most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of works the collection also includes song-books, comedy, and works of satire. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Webster, John; Rowley, William; null null 642.h.6. Contributor Bio:  Webster, John John Webster is Professor of Systematic Theology, University of Aberdeen. He is the editor of the International Journal of Systematic Theology. Contributor Bio:  Rowley, William John Ford (1586-1639) was an English playwright whose works have often been cited as examples of the 'decadence' of Caroline Drama. In the 19th century he was admired by Charles Lamb but attacked by William Hazlitt and others, who accused him of lacking a sense of morality. However, many 20th-century critics have praised his insight into character and his skill in writing dialogueHis best known play is the bloody tragedy '"Tis Pity She's a Whore" (1627). Other works inlcude "Love's Sacrifice "(1627), the tragicomedy "The Lover's Melancholy" (1628), and "Perkin Warbeck "(1634), described by T. S. Eliot as "one of the very best historical plays in the whole of Elizabethan and Jacobean drama."