A study of eighteenth-century dramatic and narrative tragedies that explores the relation between personal misfortune and the emerging values that would define the everyday experience of the middle class. The volume discusses the work of George Lillo, Samuel Richardson, Aaron Hi…
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The latest in the Routledge English Texts series, 'Tis Pity She's a Whore is John Ford's tragic tale of religious skepticism, incest, and revenge. Edited by Simon Barker, this critical edition explores the larger realm of early seventeenth-century theater and seeks to de- center…
"As the Elizabethan era gave way to the reign of James I, England grappled with corruption within the royal court and widespread religious anxiety. Dramatists responded with morally complex plays of dark wit and violent spectacle, exploring the nature of death, the abuse of powe…
Five revenge tragedies
by Marston, John, Kyd, Thomas, Shakespeare, William, Chettle, Henry, Middleton, Thomas
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As the Elizabethan era gave way to the reign of James I, England grappled with corruption within the royal court and widespread religious anxiety. Dramatists responded with morally complex plays of dark wit and violent spectacle. This book features five such works.
Richard Hillman applies to tragic patterns and practices in early modern England his long-standing critical preoccupation with English-French cultural connections in the period. He focuses on distinctive elements that emerge within the English tragedy of the 1590s and early 1600…
Richard Hillman applies to tragic patterns and practices in early modern England his long-standing critical preoccupation with English-French cultural connections in the period. With primary, though not exclusive, reference on the English side to Shakespeare and Marlowe, and on …
Richard Hillman applies to tragic patterns and practices in early modern England his long-standing critical preoccupation with English-French cultural connections in the period. He focuses on distinctive elements that emerge within the English tragedy of the 1590s and early 1600…
