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Elizabethan Revenge Tragedy, 1587-1642

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Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2015

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A most thorough study of the Elizabethan Tragedy of Revenge, its origins, development, the ethical influence affecting it and the inter-relations of the plays.

Originally published in 1966.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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    Frontmatter

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    Preface

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    Contents

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    I. The Background of Revenge

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    II. The Background of the Tragedies

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    III. The Spanish Tragedy and the Ur-Hamlet

    62
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    IV. The School of Kyd

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    V. Interlude: The Reign of the Villain

    154
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    VI. The Disapproval of Revenge

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    VII. The Decadence of Revenge Tragedy

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    VIII. Conclusion

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    Index

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Keywords for this book
Revenge tragedy; The Spanish Tragedy; Hieronimo; Revenge play; Antonio's Revenge; Titus Andronicus; Valentinian (play); Domestic tragedy; Ur-Hamlet; The Revenger's Tragedy; William Shakespeare; The Atheist's Tragedy; Tragedy; Regicide; Malcontent; Bel-imperia; Tyrannicide; Cupid's Revenge; The Fatal Contract; Lust's Dominion; The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois; Philaster (play); The Bloody Banquet; The Fatal Dowry; Edmund (King Lear); Eunuchus; Assassination; Hamlet's Father; Thomas Kyd; Revenge for Honour; The Wars of the Roses (adaptation); Catiline; Roderigo; Self-immolation; Scholasticism; Aeschylus; Misery (novel); Misfortune (folk tale); The Jew of Malta; Britannicus; Satire; Crushing (execution); Thyestes; From Hell; Cyril Tourneur; Samuel Rowlands; Bogeyman; Elizabethan literature; Tragic hero; The Offence; Bussy D'Ambois; The Unnatural Combat; Murder; Melodrama; Fratricide; Battle of Wakefield; Blood and Thunder (book); Polonius; The Malcontent; Locrine; Timoclea; Gorboduc; Love's Cruelty; The Goths; Love's Sacrifice; Doctor Faustus (play); Parricide; Undoing (psychology); Elizabethan era; Admonition
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For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
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