Four Revenge Tragedies: The Spanish Tragedy, the Revenger's Tragedy, the Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois and the Atheist's Tragedy - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 0192838784 ISBN 13 : 9780192838780

Editeur : Oxford Paperbacks, 1998

Synopsis

The Revenge Tragedy flourished in Britain in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy helped to establish the popularity of the genre, and it was followed by The Revenger's Tragedy, published anonymously and ascribed first to Cyril Tourneur and then to Thomas Middleton. George Chapman's The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois and Tourneur's The Atheist's Tragedy appeared soon after. Each of the four plays printed here defines the problems of the revenge genre, often by exploiting its conventions in unexpected directions. All deal with fundamental moral questions about the meaning of justice and the lengths to which victimized individuals may go to obtain it, while registering the strains of life in a rigid but increasingly fragile social hierarchy. Under the General Editoriship of Dr Michael Cordner, of the University of York, the texts of the plays have been newly edited and are presented with modernized spelling and punctuation. In addition, there is a scholarly introduction and detailed annotation.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The Revenge Tragedy flourished in Britain in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Each of the four plays here defines the problems of the revenge genre, and deals with fundamental moral questions about justice and the individual, while registering the strains of life in an increasingly fragile social hierarchy. (2008-12-18)

Biographie de l'auteur

Katharine Maus is Associate Professor of English at the University of Virginia.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford Paperbacks
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0192838784
• ISBN 13: 9780192838780
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 464
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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