The Fair Maid of the West: Parts I and II

by Thomas Heywood

Book Overview

Thomas Heywood (1574?-1641), a professional English actor and one of the most prolific playwrights of the seventeenth century, is most famous for his plays written about contemporary English life. The Fair Maid of the West recalls typical Elizabethan bourgeois literature, but its primary relationship is with all adventure narratives regardless of their era. This romantic comedy features vivid pictures of English seaport life and travel to exotic locales...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803273304
• ISBN13: 9780803273306
• Release Date: January 1967
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 8.0"