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Revenge Tragedies of the Renaissance
Janet Clare
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Description for Revenge Tragedies of the Renaissance
Hardcover. Series: Writers & Their Work S. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 143 x 224 x 15. Weight in Grams: 348.
In this study of revenge tragedies – notably by Thomas Kyd, William Shakespeare, Thomas Middleton, John Marston and John Webster – Janet Clare suggests that genres are not passively inherited, but made and re-made every time a new play is performed. The implication that there is an identifiable genre of revenge tragedy rehearsing common conventions is challenged as Clare examines Renaissance plays of revenge on their own terms. While disclosing evident inter-textual links and a similar appeal to classical material, revenge plays of the late Elizabethan and Jacobean period strive for a range of effects including satire, parody and farce. ... Read more
In this study of revenge tragedies – notably by Thomas Kyd, William Shakespeare, Thomas Middleton, John Marston and John Webster – Janet Clare suggests that genres are not passively inherited, but made and re-made every time a new play is performed. The implication that there is an identifiable genre of revenge tragedy rehearsing common conventions is challenged as Clare examines Renaissance plays of revenge on their own terms. While disclosing evident inter-textual links and a similar appeal to classical material, revenge plays of the late Elizabethan and Jacobean period strive for a range of effects including satire, parody and farce. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Northcote House Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Series
Writers & Their Work S.
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780746310854
SKU
V9780746310854
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99-15
About Janet Clare
Janet Clare is Professor of Renaissance Literature, University of Hull. She has lectured and taught widely in universities in Dublin, Japan, Norway, Italy, Germany and London. Her books include: ‘Art made Tongue-tied by Authority’: Elizabethan and Jacobean Dramatic Censorship’ (1999), and Drama of the English Republic 1649-1660 (2002).
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