Mercurius Rusticans

Published in 1988: Mercurius Rusticans is one in a long series of academic plays, generally in Latin, but occasionally in English, which were performed at the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge, during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

More than fifty specialists have contributed to the new edition of volume 5 of the Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. The design of the original work has established itself so firmly as a workable solution to the immense problems of analysis, articulation and coordination that it has been retained in

Books about The Cambridge History of English Literature Volume Xv

This is the first history of Oxford and Cambridge drama in the Tudor and Stuart period. It guides the reader through the theatrical experiences of students at university in early modern England and follows the students on the journey from schoolboys to scholars to graduates in the workplace. Early Modern

Neo-Latin drama and theatre is a genre that was most often practised in early modern Europe. Humanists, Protestants and Roman Catholics wrote plays for the intellectual and moral education of students, and the entertainment of the audience. In this volume, a historical overview of Neo-Latin drama is given, as well