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English revenge drama : money, resistance, equality

Title
English revenge drama : money, resistance, equality / Linda Woodbridge.
Author
Woodbridge, Linda, 1945-
Publication
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

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Description
xvi, 332 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism
  • Revenge in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-310) and index.
Contents
Rampant revenge. Getting what one deserves ; Can two wrongs ever make a right : some theory -- Economic unfairness : revenge and money. Balancing the books : revenge, commercial mathematics, and the balance of trade ; Payback time : reward, retaliation, and the deluge of debt ; The goddess with the scales- and the blindfold -- Political unfairness : revenge and resistance. "A special inward commandment" : the mid sixteenth century ; Resistance in the golden age of revenge plays ; Revenge and regicide : the Civil War era -- Social unfairness : vengeance and equality. Revenge and class warfare ; Quantification revisited : revenge and social equality.
Call Number
JFE 10-6872
ISBN
  • 9780521884594 (hbk.)
  • 0521884594 (hbk.)
OCLC
607985573
Author
Woodbridge, Linda, 1945-
Title
English revenge drama : money, resistance, equality / Linda Woodbridge.
Imprint
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-310) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 10-6872
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