The Dating and Attribution of <i>Alphonsus, Emperor of Germany</i>

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  • Adrian Blamires University of Reading

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12745/et.21.2.3448

Abstract

Alphonsus, Emperor of Germany is usually considered to be an Elizabethan revenge tragedy, with 1594 often suggested as a likely date of composition; some scholars have attributed the play to George Peele. Martin Wiggins has, however, recently contested the traditional date in British Drama 1533-1642: A Catalogue, giving 1630 as his own ‘best guess'. This note questions the premises behind Wiggins’s decision while putting forward new arguments in support of the traditional dating on dramaturgical grounds — arguments that perhaps lend weight to the idea that Peele had a hand in the play.

 

Author Biography

Adrian Blamires, University of Reading

Adrian Blamires (a.blamires@reading.ac.uk) is a lecturer in the English department at the University of Reading.

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Published

2018-11-02

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Vol. 21 No. 2 (2018)

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