The Plays of Cyril Tourneur: The Revenger's Tragedy, the Atheist's Tragedy

Book Overview

The two plays which make up this volume are of different quality. While no one would claim that The Atheist's Tragedy is a masterpiece, it is an important play because in it the exhortation 'Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord' is acted upon with unusual consistency, and because stringent 'puritan' moral attitudes are dramatised in the context of traditional revenge themes. The Revenger's Tragedy, on the other hand, is a masterpiece; a satirical tragedy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521292352
• ISBN13: 9780521292351
• Release Date: May 1978
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"