Selimus

This Broadview Edition of Robert Greene's Selimus is the first single-volume, modernized edition of the play in over a century, designed for scholars and students. It presents the bloody fratricidal warfare that inaugurated the reign of Selim I as emperor of the Ottoman Empire.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 246 pages
Publication date: 07 June 2022
Publisher: Broadview Press Ltd

This Broadview Edition of Robert Greene's Selimus is the first single-volume, modernized edition of this underrated dramatic gem in over a century. First published in 1594, the play grippingly stages the bloody fratricidal warfare inaugurating the reign of Selim I (1512-20) as emperor of the Ottoman Empire. Contributing to the expansion of the range of readily available non-Shakespearean early modern English plays, the edition is designed for scholars and students alike, in the study, classroom, or theatre.

The critically edited text of the play is accompanied by a full introduction, comprehensive annotations, and ample contextual material from the early modern period, including Greene's pamphlet Greene's Groatsworth of Wit.

This edition also includes a comprehensive bibliography of primary and secondary sources, as well as a detailed index, making it an essential resource for scholars and students of early modern English literature and drama.

Weight: 276g
Dimension: 139 x 216 x 16 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781554815081