Five Revenge Tragedies: The Spanish Tragedy, Hamlet, Antonio's Revenge, The Tragedy of Hoffman, The Revenger's...

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Emma Smith Thomas Kyd

Five Revenge Tragedies

The Spanish Tragedy, Hamlet, Antonio's Revenge, The Tragedy of Hoffman, The Revenger's Tragedy...

Emma Smith, Thomas Kyd, Thomas Middleton , William Shakespeare

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Penguin
16 July 2012

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Plays & playscripts; Anthologies (non-poetry); Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800; Literary studies: plays & playwrights

A new and authorative edition of five seminal revenge tragedies, edited by Emma Smith

As the Elizabethan era gave way to the reign of James I, England grappled with corruption within the royal court and widespread religious anxiety. Dramatists responded with morally complex plays of dark wit and violent spectacle, exploring the nature of death, the abuse of power and vigilante justice. In Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy a father failed by the Spanish court seeks his own bloody retribution for his son's murder. Shakespeare's 1603 version of Hamlet creates an avenging Prince of unique psychological depth, while Chettle's The Tragedy of Hoffman is a fascinating reworking of Hamlet's themes, probably for a rival theatre company. In Marston's Antonio's Revenge, thwarted love leads inexorably to gory reprisals and in Middleton's The Revenger's Tragedy, malcontent Vindice unleashes an escalating orgy of mayhem on a debauched Duke for his bride's murder, in a ferocious satire reflecting the mounting disillusionment of the age. Emma Smith's introduction considers the political and religious climate behind the plays and the dramatic conventions within them. This edition includes a chronology, playwrights' biographies and suggestions for further reading.

By: Thomas Kyd, Thomas Middleton, William Shakespeare, John Marston
Edited by: Emma Smith
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 319g
ISBN: 9780141192277
ISBN 10: 0141192275
Pages: 464
Publication Date: 16 July 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright of the 16th and 17 centuries, now widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the word's pre-eminent dramatist.

Reviews for Five Revenge Tragedies: The Spanish Tragedy, Hamlet, Antonio's Revenge, The Tragedy of Hoffman, The Revenger's Tragedy

-Five Revenge Tragedies makes the core texts of the genre available to students in an affordable, accessible edition. Emma Smith's introduction is scholarly and at the same time engaging, and will likely prove useful to undergraduate and graduate students a like. This is a volume which is long overdue, and a welcome edition to the Penguin catalog.---Gabriel A Rieger, Assistant Professor, Languages and Literature, Concord University Five Revenge Tragedies makes the core texts of the genre available to students in an affordable, accessible edition.Emma Smith s introduction is scholarly and at the same time engaging, and will likely prove useful to undergraduate and graduate students a like. This is a volume which is long overdue, and a welcome edition to the Penguin catalog. Gabriel A Rieger, Assistant Professor, Languages and Literature, Concord University Five Revenge Tragedies makes the core texts of the genre available to students in an affordable, accessible edition.Emma Smith s introduction is scholarly and at the same time engaging, and will likely prove useful to undergraduate and graduate students a like. This is a volume which is long overdue, and a welcome edition to the Penguin catalog. Gabriel A Rieger, Assistant Professor, Languages and Literature, Concord University Five Revenge Tragedies makes the core texts of the genre available to students in an affordable, accessible edition. Emma Smith's introduction is scholarly and at the same time engaging, and will likely prove useful to undergraduate and graduate students a like. This is a volume which is long overdue, and a welcome edition to the Penguin catalog. --Gabriel A Rieger, Assistant Professor, Languages and Literature, Concord University