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Article: Recent Studies in Tudor and Stuart Drama.(Critical essay)

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March 22, 2009
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Paul Whitfield White, Recent Studies in Tudor and Stuart Drama

An assessment of recent scholarly work treating the literature of Tudor and Stuart drama and some general observations on the state of the profession. A full bibliography and price list of the works received by SEL for consideration follow.

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Let me begin with some pertinent facts. In 1980, SEL received a total of 23 books in Tudor and Stuart drama; by 1995, it received 63 titles; by 2000, 91 titles; and in 2005, the total peaked at 125. These numbers are reported in Mary Thomas Crane's timely and revelatory article on "The Materiality of the Scholarly Text: What Our Books ...

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