Revenge Tragedy
Revenge has been an issue in all societies from ancient times to the present day. In western culture, the revenge plot has been one of the linchpins of narrative structure, it is central to much Greek tragedy and was immensely popular in Elizabethan and Jacobean theatres. In this volume Stevie Simki...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Macmillan Education UK
2001, 2001
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| Series: | New Casebooks
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Death as Spectacle in The Spanish Tragedy; M. Easo Smith
- The Spanish Tragedy, or, The Machiavel's Revenge; K. Eisaman Maus
- The Revenger's Tragedy: Providence, Parody and Black Camp; J. Dollimore
- 'For Show or Useless Property': Necrophilia and The Revenger's Tragedy; K. S. Coddon
- 'As Tame as the Ladies': Politics and Gender in The Changeling; C. Malcolmson
- 'I'll Want My Will Else': The Changeling and Women's Complicity with their Rapists; D. G. Burks
- Gender, Rhetoric and Performance in The White Devil; C. Luckyj
- 'Tis Pity She's A Whore: Representing the Incestuous Body; S. Wiseman'What Strange Riddle's This?': Deciphering 'Tis Pity She's A Whore; M. Neill
- Further Reading
- Notes on Contributors
- Index