FOUR REVENGE TRAGEDIES (Oxford World´s Classics New Edition)
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Vydavatel: | OUP References |
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Publikováno: | 2008 |
Formát: | paperback paperback 464 stran |
Anotace
The Revenge Tragedy flourished in Britain in the late sixteenth and
early seventeenth centuries. Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy
helped to establish the popularity of the genre, and it was
followed by The Revenger's Tragedy, published anonymously and
ascribed first to Cyril Tourneur and then to Thomas Middleton.
George Chapman's The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois and Tourneur's The
Atheist's Tragedy appeared soon after. Each of the four plays
printed here defines the problems of the revenge genre, often by
exploiting its conventions in unexpected directions. All deal with
fundamental moral questions about the meaning of justice and the
lengths to which victimized individuals may go to obtain it, while
registering the strains of life in a rigid but increasingly fragile
social hierarchy. Under the General Editoriship of Dr Michael
Cordner, of the University of York, the texts of the plays have
been newly edited and are presented with modernized spelling and
punctuation. In addition, there is a scholarly introduction and
detailed annotation. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford
World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature
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up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Readership: Students of Revenge Tragedy from sixth-form level
upwards.
Kategorie
Knihovnické kódy
- ISBN: 0199540535
- EAN: 9780199540532