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George K. Hunter (1920–2008)

Author of The English Drama, 1485-1585

12+ Works 184 Members 1 Review 1 Favorited

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Includes the names: G. K. Hunter, George Kirkpatrick Hunter

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Penguin Critical Anthologies

Works by George K. Hunter

The English Drama, 1485-1585 (1969) 89 copies, 1 review

Shakespeare : Henry IV, parts I and II : a casebook (1970) — Editor — 18 copies

English Drama, 1586-1642: The Age of Shakespeare (1997) 18 copies

John Webster: A Critical Anthology (Penguin critical anthologies) (1969) — Editor — 17 copies

Paradise Lost (Unwin Critical Library) (1980) 10 copies

Shakespeare : The Later Comedies (1969) 8 copies

Shakespeare's styles : essays in honour of Kenneth Muir (1980) — Editor — 8 copies

Dramatic identities and cultural tradition: Studies in Shakespeare and his contemporaries : critical essays (Liverpool English texts and studies) (1978) 7 copies

John Lyly : the humanist as courtier (2022) 5 copies

The beginnings of 'Hamlet' and 'King Lear' 2 copies

William Shakespeare 1 copy

Shakespeare: The Later Comedies (Writers and Their Works, #143) 1 copy

Associated Works

Macbeth (1606) — Editor, some editions — 30,090 copies, 263 reviews

Henry IV, Part 1 (1598) — Editor, some editions — 5,758 copies, 53 reviews

All's Well That Ends Well (1623) — Editor, some editions; Editor, some editions — 2,552 copies, 31 reviews

4 Plays: Hamlet; King Lear; Macbeth; Othello (1982) — Editor, some editions — 1,266 copies, 2 reviews

Antonio's Revenge: John Marston (The Revels Plays) (1965) — Editor, some editions — 38 copies

Antonio and Mellida: The First Part (1965) — Editor, some editions — 30 copies

Shakespeare and Race (2000) — Contributor — 11 copies

Interpretations of Shakespeare (British Academy Shakespeare Lectures) (1985) — Contributor — 8 copies

The Arts of performance in Elizabethan and early Stuart drama : essays for G.K. Hunter (1991) — honoree — 7 copies

Research Opportunities in Renaissance Drama XVIII (1975) — Contributor — 1 copy

Research Opportunities in Renaissance Drama XIX (1976) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Legal name: Hunter, George Kirkpatrick
Birthdate: 1920-10-07
Date of death: 2008-04-10

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The English Drama 1485-1585 (Oxford History of English Literature) by F. P. Wilson

Useful study of early dramatists who are often forgotten

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S. K. Hunter Editor

Catherine M. S. Alexander

Inga-Stina Ewbank Editor

Anne Barton Contributor

Geoffrey Bullough Contributor

M. C. Bradbrook Contributor

Nicholas Brooke Contributor

Wolfgang Clemen Contributor

R. A. Foakes Contributor

G. R. Hibbard Contributor

Stanley W. Wells Contributor

Kenneth Muir honoree

L. C. Knights Contributor

G. Wilson Knight Contributor

E. A. J. Honigmann Contributor

A. C. Sprague Contributor

Samuel Schoenbaum Contributor

Statistics

Works: 12
Also by: 11
Members: 184
Popularity: #117,735
Rating: 4.0

Reviews: 1
ISBNs: 24
Favorited: 1

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