Early Modern Tragedy and the Cinema of Violence

by Stevie Simkin

Book Overview

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Worlds Apart PART I: JUSTICE AND REVENGE Introduction: 'Don't Get Mad, Get Even' Revenge in its Social Contexts: Early Modern Tragedy Revenge in its Social Contexts: Late Twentieth Century Cinema 'When the bad bleed, then is the tragedy good': Politics, Morality and Revenge 'Taint not thy mind': the Morality of Revenge PART II: GENDER AND VIOLENCE Women Dipped in Blood: Gender, Violence and Control...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403944113
• ISBN13: 9781403944115
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.1"