Revenge Tragedies of the Renaissance

by Janet Clare

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074630918X
• ISBN13: 9780746309186
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"