The Revenger's Tragedy: A Critical Reader
A Critical Reader
Published on 20. October 2016
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-1-4725-8541-7 (ISBN)
Description
The Revenger's Tragedy is one of the most vital, important, and enduring tragedies of the Jacobean era, one of the few non-Shakespearean plays of that period that is still regularly revived on stage and taught in classrooms. The play is notable for its piercing insight into human depravity, its savage humour, and its florid theatricality. This collection of new essays offers students an invaluable overview of the play's critical and performance history as well as four critical essays offering a range of new perspectives.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 209 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
436 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4725-8541-7 (9781472585417)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Brian Walsh is Associate Professor of English at Yale University. He is the author of Shakespeare, the Queen's Men, and the Elizabethan Performance of History as well as of several articles and book chapters on Shakespeare and other early modern dramatists.
Content
Series Introduction
The Revenger's Tragedy timeline
Introduction
1. The Critical Backstory
2. Performance History
3. The State of the Art
4. New Directions
i) The Revenger's Tragedy without Middleton'
ii) The salvation of my oath': Contractual Relationships and the Operation of Grace in Middleton's The Revenger's Tragedy
iii) The Revengers Tragedy: Affairs between Men
iv) The Ends of Mourning: Middleton and Benjamin;
5: Resources
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index
The Revenger's Tragedy timeline
Introduction
1. The Critical Backstory
2. Performance History
3. The State of the Art
4. New Directions
i) The Revenger's Tragedy without Middleton'
ii) The salvation of my oath': Contractual Relationships and the Operation of Grace in Middleton's The Revenger's Tragedy
iii) The Revengers Tragedy: Affairs between Men
iv) The Ends of Mourning: Middleton and Benjamin;
5: Resources
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index