The Works of Richard Edwards: Politics, Poetry and Performance in Sixteenth Century EnglandThe heart of this book is its fully annotated, critical editions of the surviving work of Richard Edwards, one of the most influential poets and dramatists writing in England before Shakespeare. Ros King's extensive introduction, identifying the holes in the documentary evidence that might accommodate this important but now little known writer, rewrites the history of pre Shakespearean drama, illustrates new approaches to sixteenth century prosody and