The Cambridge Companion to English Renaissance Tragedy - Couverture souple

Smith, Emma

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0521734649 ISBN 13 : 9780521734646

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

Featuring essays by major international scholars, this Companion combines analysis of themes crucial to Renaissance tragedy with the interpretation of canonical and frequently taught texts. Part I introduces key topics, such as religion, revenge, and the family, and discusses modern performance traditions on stage and screen. Bridging this section with Part II is a chapter which engages with Shakespeare. It tackles Shakespeare's generic distinctiveness and how our familiarity with Shakespearean tragedy affects our appreciation of the tragedies of his contemporaries. Individual essays in Part II introduce and contribute to important critical conversations about specific tragedies. Topics include The Revenger's Tragedy and the theatrics of original sin, Arden of Faversham and the preternatural, and The Duchess of Malfi and the erotics of literary form. Providing fresh readings of key texts, the Companion is an essential guide for all students of Renaissance tragedy.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Emma Smith is Fellow and Tutor in English at Hertford College, University of Oxford.

Garrett A. Sullivan, Jr is Professor of English at Penn State University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521734649
• ISBN 13: 9780521734646
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 294
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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