Considering major works by Kyd, Shakespeare, Middleton and Webster among others, this book transforms current understanding of early modern revenge tragedy. Revising 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 a Reformist and anti-Catholic genre, but one rooted in traditional Catholic culture, thereby transforming understandings of the theatre of the age.
Considering major works by Kyd, Shakespeare, Middleton and Webster among others, this book transforms current understanding of early modern revenge tragedy. Revising 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 a Reformist and anti-Catholic genre, but one rooted in traditional Catholic culture, thereby transforming understandings of the theatre of the age.
Thomas Rist, PhD, is Lecturer in English at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. He has published widely on Renaissance drama and is the author of one previous book: Shakespeare's Romances and the Politics of Counter-Reformation (1999).
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Contents: Introduction 'Outrage fits': revenge and the 'melodrama' of mourning in The Spanish Tragedy, Titus Andronicus and Hamlet Funerary theatre: mourning, Antonio's Revenge and Paul's theatre Melodrama and parody: remembering the dead in The Revenger's Tragedy, The Atheist's Tragedy, The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi Conclusion Select bibliography Index.
Contents: Introduction 'Outrage fits': revenge and the 'melodrama' of mourning in The Spanish Tragedy, Titus Andronicus and Hamlet Funerary theatre: mourning, Antonio's Revenge and Paul's theatre Melodrama and parody: remembering the dead in The Revenger's Tragedy, The Atheist's Tragedy, The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi Conclusion Select bibliography Index.
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