Author: Henry Chettle
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Tragedy of Hoffman, 1631
Author: Henry Chettle
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Five Revenge Tragedies
Author: Thomas Kyd
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141960469
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 826
Book Description
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. In Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy a father failed by the Spanish court seeks his own bloody retribution for his son's murder. Shakespeare's 1603 version of Hamlet creates an avenging Prince of unique psychological depth, while Chettle's The Tragedy of Hoffman is a fascinating reworking of Hamlet's themes, probably for a rival theatre company. In Marston's Antonio's Revenge, thwarted love leads inexorably to gory reprisals and in Middleton's The Revenger's Tragedy, malcontent Vindice unleashes an escalating orgy of mayhem on a debauched Duke for his bride's murder, in a ferocious satire reflecting the mounting disillusionment of the age. Emma Smith's introduction considers the political and religious climate behind the plays and the dramatic conventions within them. This edition includes a chronology, playwrights' biographies and suggestions for further reading.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141960469
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 826
Book Description
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. In Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy a father failed by the Spanish court seeks his own bloody retribution for his son's murder. Shakespeare's 1603 version of Hamlet creates an avenging Prince of unique psychological depth, while Chettle's The Tragedy of Hoffman is a fascinating reworking of Hamlet's themes, probably for a rival theatre company. In Marston's Antonio's Revenge, thwarted love leads inexorably to gory reprisals and in Middleton's The Revenger's Tragedy, malcontent Vindice unleashes an escalating orgy of mayhem on a debauched Duke for his bride's murder, in a ferocious satire reflecting the mounting disillusionment of the age. Emma Smith's introduction considers the political and religious climate behind the plays and the dramatic conventions within them. This edition includes a chronology, playwrights' biographies and suggestions for further reading.
The Tragedy of Hoffman, Or, A Reuenge for a Father
Author: Henry Chettle
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Languages : en
Pages : 122
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 122
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The Tragedy of Hoffman
Author: Henry Chettle
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 101
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Languages : en
Pages : 101
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The Revenger's Tragedy
Author: Gretchen E. Minton
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1474257526
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
A major new edition of this much studied play offering the standard, depth and range associated with all Arden editions. The on-page commentary notes explain the language, referenes and staging issues posed by the text while the lengthy, illustrated introduction offers a lively overview of the play's historical, performance and critical contexts. This is the ideal edition for study and performance.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1474257526
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
A major new edition of this much studied play offering the standard, depth and range associated with all Arden editions. The on-page commentary notes explain the language, referenes and staging issues posed by the text while the lengthy, illustrated introduction offers a lively overview of the play's historical, performance and critical contexts. This is the ideal edition for study and performance.
The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature
Author: George Watson
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1296
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Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1296
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Elizabethan Revenge Tragedy, 1587-1642
Author: Fredson Thayer Bowers
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 140087730X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
A most thorough study of the Elizabethan Tragedy of Revenge, its origins, development, the ethical influence affecting it and the inter-relations of the plays. Originally published in 1966. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 140087730X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
A most thorough study of the Elizabethan Tragedy of Revenge, its origins, development, the ethical influence affecting it and the inter-relations of the plays. Originally published in 1966. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
The Tragedy of Hoffman
Author: Henry Chettle
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Languages : en
Pages : 80
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 80
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Ovidian Myth and Sexual Deviance in Early Modern English Literature
Author: S. Carter
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230306071
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Carter explores early modern culture's reception of Ovid through the manipulation of Ovidian myth by Shakespeare, Middleton, Heywood, Marlowe and Marston. With a focus on sexual violence, homosexuality, incest and idolatry, Carter analyses how depictions of mythology represent radical ideas concerning gender and sexuality.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230306071
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Carter explores early modern culture's reception of Ovid through the manipulation of Ovidian myth by Shakespeare, Middleton, Heywood, Marlowe and Marston. With a focus on sexual violence, homosexuality, incest and idolatry, Carter analyses how depictions of mythology represent radical ideas concerning gender and sexuality.
Shakespeare, Revenge Tragedy and Early Modern Law
Author: Derek Dunne
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137572876
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
This book, the first to trace revenge tragedy's evolving dialogue with early modern law, draws on changing laws of evidence, food riots, piracy, and debates over royal prerogative. By taking the genre's legal potential seriously, it opens up the radical critique embedded in the revenge tragedies of Kyd, Shakespeare, Marston, Chettle and Middleton.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137572876
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
This book, the first to trace revenge tragedy's evolving dialogue with early modern law, draws on changing laws of evidence, food riots, piracy, and debates over royal prerogative. By taking the genre's legal potential seriously, it opens up the radical critique embedded in the revenge tragedies of Kyd, Shakespeare, Marston, Chettle and Middleton.