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REVENGE TRAGEDY AND THE DRAMA OF COMMEMORATION IN REFORMING ENGLAND
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By: |
Thomas Rist, Dr. Helen Ostovich |
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Hardback |
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ISBN 10: |
0754661520 |
ISBN 13: |
9780754661528 |
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Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
Pub. date: |
28 March, 2008 |
Series: |
Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama |
Pages: |
176 |
Description: |
Considering major works by Kyd, Shakespeare, Middleton and Webster among others, this book transforms understanding of early modern revenge tragedy. It shows revenge tragedy is not an anti-Catholic and Reformist genre, but one rooted in, and in dialogue with, traditional Catholic culture. |
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Considering major works by Kyd, Shakespeare, Middleton and Webster among others, this book transforms current understanding of early modern revenge tragedy. Examing the genre in light of historical revisions to England's Reformations, and with appropriate regard to the social history of the dead, it shows revenge tragedy is not an anti-Catholic and Reformist genre, but one rooted in, and in dialogue with, traditional Catholic culture. Arguing its tragedies are bound to the age's funerary performances, it provides a new view of the contemporary theatre and especially its role in the religious upheavals of the period. |
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UK |
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Ashgate Publishing Limited |
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