Francis Beaumont

The Maid's Tragedy

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Beaumont and Fletcher's The Maid's Tragedy (first published 1619) is a sensational Jacobean sex tragedy. When gentleman soldier Melantius re…

The World's Best Poetry, Volume 5: Nature (Part 2)

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The fifth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, incl…

The Knight of the Burning Pestle

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The Knight of the Burning Pestle is a play in five acts, first performed in 1607. It is the first whole parody (or pastiche) play in English…

The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3: Sorrow and Consolation (Part 2)

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This is the third of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two par…