A study of the seventeenth century masque

Part I. Introduction - The Masque as a literary species - its composition and decline Part II. The Masque previous to the, Seventeenth Century - its origin - its development under the Tudors Part III. The Masque in ·the Seventh Century. The Entertainment - The Masque Proper. Ben Jonson – his Entertainments and Masques. Introduction of the Antimasque – its development. His use of satire. His moral and didactic aim. His lyrics. His learning Critical appreciation as a Masque writer. Other writers of Masques - Daniel – Campion-Chapman - Beaumont – Browne The Writers of the decadence - Shirley – Carew – Milton – Davenant. The decay or the Masque as a separate specie