Elizabethan revenge tragedy, 1587-1642 / / Fredson Thayer Bowers

• Autore: Bowers Fredson
• Pubblicazione: Princeton, N.J. : , : Princeton University Press, , 1940; ©1940
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (299 pages)
• Disciplina: 822.309
• Soggetto topico: English drama - Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 - History and criticism; English drama - 17th century - History and criticism; English drama (Tragedy) - History and criticism; Revenge in literature
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain History Elizabeth, 1558-1603
• Soggetto non controllato: Academic drama; Admonition; Aeschylus; Amleth; Antonio's Revenge; Apotheosis; Assassination; Battle of Wakefield; Beaumont and Fletcher; Bel-imperia; Blood and Thunder (book); Bogeyman; Bravi; Britannicus; Bussy D'Ambois; Castrato; Catiline; Cowardice; Cruelty; Crushing (execution); Cupid's Revenge; Cyril Tourneur; Deus ex machina; Doctor Faustus (play); Domestic tragedy; Drama; Edmund (King Lear); Elizabethan era; Elizabethan literature; Eunuchus; Extortion; Foe (novel); Fratricide; From Hell; G. (novel); Gorboduc; Hamlet's Father; Hieronimo; Inception; Injunction; Invective; Lactantius; Laertes; Locrine; Love's Cruelty; Love's Sacrifice; Lust's Dominion; Malcontent; Melodrama; Misanthropy; Misery (novel); Misfortune (folk tale); Murder; Orbecche; Parricide; Philaster (play); Polonius; Polyxena; Regicide; Revenge for Honour; Revenge play; Revenge tragedy; Roderigo; Samuel Rowlands; Satire; Scholasticism; Self-immolation; Shakespeare's influence; Sophocles; Superiority (short story); The Atheist's Tragedy; The Bloody Banquet; The Duke of Milan; The Fatal Contract; The Fatal Dowry; The Goths; The Jew of Malta; The Malcontent; The Offence; The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois; The Revenger's Tragedy; The Spanish Tragedy; The Tudors; The Unnatural Combat; The Wars of the Roses (adaptation); Theft; Thierry and Theodoret; Thomas Kyd; Thomas Nashe; Thyestes; Timoclea; Titus Andronicus; Tragedy; Tragic hero; Treachery (law); Tyrannicide; Undoing (psychology); Ur-Hamlet; Valentinian (play); William Shakespeare
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Preface -- Contents -- I. The Background of Revenge -- II. The Background of the Tragedies -- III. The Spanish Tragedy and the Ur-Hamlet -- IV. The School of Kyd -- V. Interlude: The Reign of the Villain -- VI. The Disapproval of Revenge -- VII. The Decadence of Revenge Tragedy -- VIII. Conclusion -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Elizabethan revenge tragedy
• ISBN: 0-691-65061-6; 1-4008-7730-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823722903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Princeton legacy library.