{"product_id":"elizabethan-drama-ii-thomas-dekker-9781616401696","title":"Elizabethan Drama II: The Five Foot Shelf of Classics, Vol. XLVII (in 51 Volumes)","description":"Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name \"Harvard Classics,\" this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as \"Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf,\" it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf. Volume XLVII features a selection of Elizabethan drama spanning the breadth of that newly mature domain: - The Shoemaker's Holiday, a 1599 comedy of manners and romance by THOMAS DEKKER (1572-1632) - The Alchemist, the 1610 play considered the best comedy by BEN JONSON (1572-1637) - Philaster, by FRANCIS BEAUMONT (1584-1616) and JOHN FLETCHER (1579-1625), a tragicomedy dating from around 1610 - The Duchess of Malfi, by JOHN WEBSTER (c. 1580-c. 1634), a violent, tragic horror tale - A New Way to Pay Old Debts, the 1625 satire by PHILIP MASSINGER (1583-1640), which invented a villain-Sir Giles Overreach-who endured to become a 19th-century icon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Dekker,Philip Massinger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1616401699\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781616401696\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cosimo Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.03d","brand":"Thomas Dekker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48065755644159,"sku":"9781616401696","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ea05fff8-df05-4bab-a953-f82df97beaca.jpg?v=1768677058","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/elizabethan-drama-ii-thomas-dekker-9781616401696","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}