Thomas Marc Parrott epub The Plays and Poems of George Chapman the Tragedies Edited With Introductions and Notes, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

George Chapman, includes his tragedies, Bussy DA mbois, The Revenge of Bussy, The Conspiracy and Tragedy of Byron, Chabot, and Ccesar and Pompey, together with the two tragedies ascribed to him by their first publishers, Alphonsus Emperor of Germany, andR evenge for Honour. The second volume will contain his comedies, and the third his poems, along with a general introduction, a glossary, and a bibliography. The need of a complete edition of Chapman splays and poems has long been felt by students of Elizabethan literature. It was not until more than two centuries after his death that the first collection of his plays, The Comedies and Tragedies of George Chapman, London, 1873, appeared. This collection was incom plete, omitting Chabot andE astward Ho, and the text which professed to be an exact reprint of the old editions left much to be desired. In 1874-5 ne nrs complete edition of his works appeared, edited by R. H. Shepherd, who is generally understood to have been the editor of the previous edition. This later edi tion, although remedying the omissions of the former, is satis factory neither to the general reader nor to the student of theE lizabethan drama. There is no need to go into details here; evidence of the careless manner in which the task was performed will be found in abundance in my Text Notes to the various plays. Since 1875 only selected plays of Chapman have been published, and of these the largest collection, that included in theM ermaid Series, rests upon the work of Mr. Shepherd. There is, I believe, ample room for a new and complete edition, which will at once satisfy the demand of scholars for an accurate text, and present the work of the noble old poet in a form suited to the general reading public.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Cl