John Webster & the Elizabethan Drama

London: Sidgewick & Jackson, 1916. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 6". None. A literary criticism written by renowned tragic war poet Rupert Brooke on the subject of Elizabethan theatre and John Webster, a Jacobean dramatist. On the subject of John Webster (c1580-c1632), a Jacobean dramatist known for his tragedies for stage, as well as Elizabethan drama more generally. This was written by Brooke between 1911-1912 as the dissertation which secured him his Fellowship at King's College, Cambridge.Rupert Brooke (1887-1915) was an English poet remembered for his war poetry. He was a friend amongst the Bloomsbury group of writers, and was a member of the literary groups the Georgian Poets and the Dymock poets, which included Robert Frost and Edward Thomas as members. His sonnets written during the First World War remain some of the most important examples of Western war poetry, with 'The Soldier' and 'The Dead' being his most well known verses. He tragically perished from sepsis from a mosquito bite whilst sailing with the British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force during the First World War at the age of twenty-seven.Published the year following Brooke's death. In a full cloth binding. Externally very smart, minor wear only. Pencil ownership inscription to the front endpaper. Internally firmly bound, pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed