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Dekker, Thomas - Further Reading
FURTHER READING
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Adler, Doris Ray. Thomas Dekker: A Reference Guide. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1983.
Annotated bibliography of primary and secondary works relating to Dekker.
CRITICISM
Brown, Arthur. “Citizen Comedy and Domestic Drama.” In Jacobean Theatre, edited by John Russell Brown and Bernard Harris, pp. 63-83. Stratford-upon-Avon Studies 1. London: Edward Arnold, 1960.
Argues that Dekker “wrote in a popular and romantic vein” which was more concerned with plot than was the rhetorical and intellectual drama of such playwrights as Ben Jonson.
Gasper, Julia.The Dragon and the Dove: The Plays of Thomas Dekker. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1990, 241 p.
Focuses on the religious and political aspects of Dekker's plays.
Gregg, Kate L. Thomas Dekker: A Study in Economic and Social Backgrounds. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1924, 112 p.
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