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The Humorous Courtier
''The Humorous Courtier,'' also called ''The Duke,'' is a Caroline era stage play, a comedy written by James Shirley, first published in 1640. ''The Humorous Courtier'' was licensed for performance by Sir Henry Herbert, the Master of the Revels, on 17 May 1631, under the title ''The Duke.'' Like most of Shirley's plays, it was acted by Queen Henrietta's Men at the Cockpit Theatre. As ''The Humorous Courtier,'' the play was entered into the Stationers' Register on 29 July 1639. The 1640 quarto Quarto (abbreviated Qto, 4to or 4ยบ) is the format of a book or pamphlet produced from full sheets printed with eight pages of text, four to a side, then folded twice to produce four leaves. The leaves are then trimmed along the folds to produc ..., printed by Thomas Cotes for the bookseller Andrew Crooke and William Cooke, William Cooke, contains an interesting bibliographic feature in its prefatory material: a catalogue of 20 plays by Shirley published to that date.David Moore Berge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Literature In English
English literature is literature written in the English language from United Kingdom, its crown dependencies, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, and the countries of the former British Empire. ''The Encyclopaedia Britannica'' defines English literature more narrowly as, "the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are treated separately under American literature, Australian literature, Canadian literature, and New Zealand literature." However, despite this, it includes literature from the Republic of Ireland, "Anglo-American modernism", and discusses post-colonial literature. ; See also full articles on American literature and other literatures in the English language. The English language has developed over the course of more than 1,400 years. The earliest forms of English, a set of Anglo-Fri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
