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Revenge tragedy and the drama of commemoration in reforming England / Thomas Rist.
- Title
- Revenge tragedy and the drama of commemoration in reforming England / Thomas Rist.
- Author
- Rist, Thomas, 1971-
- Publication
- Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2008.
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- Description
- 165 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Considering major works by Kyd, Shakespeare, Middleton and Webster among others, this book transforms current understanding of early modern revenge tragedy. Examining 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."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- Studies in performance and early modern drama
- Uniform Title
- Studies in performance and early modern drama.
- Subject
- Revenge in literature
- English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism
- English drama > 17th century > History and criticism
- English drama (Tragedy) > History and criticism
- Death in literature
- Memorials in literature
- Religion and literature > England > History > 16th century
- Religion and literature > England > History > 17th century
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-157) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction: Revenge Tragedy: Critical Issues -- Dead and Performative Religio-Politics at the 'Change of Religion' -- Mourning and its Aesthetics at the 'Change of Religion' -- 1. 'Outrage Fits': Revenge and the 'Melodrama' of Mourning in The Spanish Tragedy, Titus Andronicus and Hamlet -- Spanish Tragedy, c. 1586-1587 -- Titus Andronicus, c. 1592 -- Hamlet, c.1600, revised 1600-1604 -- 2. Funerary Theatre: Mourning, Antonio's Revenge and Paul's Theatre -- 3. Melodrama and Parody: Remembering the Dead in The Revenger's Tragedy, The Atheist s Tragedy, The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi -- Revenger's Tragedy, c.1606 -- Atheist's Tragedy, c.1611 -- While Devil, c.1613 -- Duchess of Malfi, c.1613.
- ISBN
- 9780754661528 (alk. paper)
- 0754661520 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2007017952
- OCLC
- 124031866
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library