Five Revenge Tragedies
A new, authoritative edition of five classic revenge plays As the Elizabethan era gave way to the reign of James I, England grappled with corruption within the royal court and widespread religious anxiety. Dramatists responded with morally complex plays of dark wit and violent spectacle, exploring the nature of death, the abuse of power, and vigilante justice. This anthology presents five crucial tragedies of the era collected together for the first time, including Shakespeare's 1603 version of Hamletand Middleton's The Revenger's Tragedy, a ferocious satire that reflects the mounting disillusionment of the age.The introduction by Shakespear…
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Weitere Autoren: Middleton, Thomas / Shakespeare, William / Marston, John / Chettle, Henry / Smith, Emma (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-14-119227-7
- EAN: 9780141192277
- Produktnummer: 12310302
- Verlag: Penguin Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 464 S.
- Masse: H19.8 cm x B12.8 cm x D2.0 cm 322 g
- Gewicht: 322
Über den Autor
Emma Smith is Fellow and Tutor in English at Hertford College, Oxford. She has published widely on Shakespeare and on early modern drama, particularly on the plays in print and in performance. She is co-editor of The Elizabethan Top Ten: Defining Print Popularity in Early Modern England (Ashgate 2012) and is working on a book on the Shakespeare First Folio.
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