Revenge Tragedy and the Drama of Commemoration in Reforming England

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
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Author: Thomas Rist ISBN: 9781351903370
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: December 5, 2016
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Thomas Rist
ISBN: 9781351903370
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: December 5, 2016
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

Considering major works by Kyd, Shakespeare, Middleton and Webster among others, this book transforms current understanding of early modern revenge tragedy. Examing 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.

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Considering major works by Kyd, Shakespeare, Middleton and Webster among others, this book transforms current understanding of early modern revenge tragedy. Examing 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.

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