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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      28 November 2010
      12 August 2010
      ISBN:
      9780511778155
      9780521519373
      9780521734646
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CCOL9780521519373
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.56kg, 294 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.4kg, 294 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Literature, British Theatre, Renaissance and Early Modern Literature, English Literature: General Interest, Drama, Theatre, Performance Studies
      Series:
      Cambridge Companions to Literature
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    Subjects:
    Literature, British Theatre, Renaissance and Early Modern Literature, English Literature: General Interest, Drama, Theatre, Performance Studies
    Series:
    Cambridge Companions to Literature
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    Featuring essays by major international scholars, this Companion combines analysis of themes crucial to Renaissance tragedy with the interpretation of canonical and frequently taught texts. Part I introduces key topics, such as religion, revenge, and the family, and discusses modern performance traditions on stage and screen. Bridging this section with Part II is a chapter which engages with Shakespeare. It tackles Shakespeare's generic distinctiveness and how our familiarity with Shakespearean tragedy affects our appreciation of the tragedies of his contemporaries. Individual essays in Part II introduce and contribute to important critical conversations about specific tragedies. Topics include The Revenger's Tragedy and the theatrics of original sin, Arden of Faversham and the preternatural, and The Duchess of Malfi and the erotics of literary form. Providing fresh readings of key texts, the Companion is an essential guide for all students of Renaissance tragedy.

    Reviews

    "This collection will be valuable both to specialists in English Renaissance tragedy and to readers new to the field."
    -MARISSA GREENBERG,University of New Mexico

    ".. consists of essays on general topics, with emphasis on a wider range of plays than usual."
    -- Studies in English Literature

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