Sir William Davenant (or D'Avenant), dramatist and theater manager, poet and courtier, is a link between the older Elizabethan and Jacobean drama and the new Restoration drama. From his innovations im...
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Although best known as a dramatist and theater manager, Sir William Davenant (or D'Avenant) also deserves notice as a poet. In 1638, when a stipend of one hundred pounds per annum came to him from the...
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In this essay, Child emphasizes William Davenant's role in the development of heroic drama.
Holzhausen, in his sketch of the rise and development of the heroic play (Englische Studien, 13. 4...
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William Davenant
Critical Essay by C. G. Child
