The Old English Dramatists

In this collection of essays, 19th-century literary critic James Russell Lowell offers a sweeping overview of the great playwrights of the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras, including Shakespeare, Marlowe, Webster, and Beaumont and Fletcher. Lowell's incisive analysis and engaging prose make this a must-read for students of early modern drama, as well as anyone interested in the literary history of England.