Three Revenge Tragedies: The Revenger's Tragedy; The White Devil; The Changeling (Penguin Classics)

Tourneur, Cyril; Webster, John; Middleton, Thomas; Salgado, Gamini

ISBN 10: 0141441240 / ISBN 13: 9780141441245

Edité par Penguin Classics (edition Revised), 2005

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Synopsis :

Following the end of Queen Elizabeth's reign in the early seventeenth century, the new court of King James was beset by political instability and moral corruption. This atmosphere provided fertile ground for the dramatists of the age, whose plays explore the ways in which social decadence and the abuse of power breed resentment and lead inexorably to violence and bloody retribution. In Tourneur's The Revenger's Tragedy, the debauched son of an Italian Duke attempts to rape the virtuous Gloriana - a veiled reference to Elizabeth I. Webster's The White Devil depicts a sinister world of intrigue and murderous infidelity, while The Changeling, perhaps Middleton's supreme achievement, powerfully portrays a woman bringing about her own unwitting destruction. All three are masterpieces of brooding intensity, dominated by images of decay, disillusionment and death.

À propos de l'auteur:

Gamini Salgado has also edited Three Restoration Comedies for Penguin Classics.


Gamini Salgado has also edited Three Restoration Comedies for Penguin Classics.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Three Revenge Tragedies: The Revenger's ...
Éditeur : Penguin Classics (edition Revised)
Date d'édition : 2005
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Very Good
Edition : Revised.