Revenge tragedy and the drama of commemoration in reforming England
"Considering major works by Kyd, Shakespeare, Middleton and Webster among others, this book transforms current understanding of early modern revenge tragedy. Examining the genre in light of historical revisions to England's Reformations, and with appropriate regard to the social history of the dead, it shows revenge tragedy is not an anti-Catholic and Reformist genre, but one rooted in, and in dialogue with, traditional Catholic culture. Arguing its tragedies are bound to the age's funerary performances, it provides a new view of the contemporary theatre and especially its role in the religious upheavals of the period."--BOOK JACKET
Criticism, interpretation, etc
165 pages ; 24 cm.
9780754661528, 0754661520
124031866
Introduction: Revenge Tragedy: Critical Issues
Dead and Performative Religio-Politics at the 'Change of Religion'
Mourning and its Aesthetics at the 'Change of Religion'
1. 'Outrage Fits': Revenge and the 'Melodrama' of Mourning in The Spanish Tragedy, Titus Andronicus and Hamlet
Spanish Tragedy, c. 1586-1587
Titus Andronicus, c. 1592
Hamlet, c.1600, revised 1600-1604
2. Funerary Theatre: Mourning, Antonio's Revenge and Paul's Theatre
3. Melodrama and Parody: Remembering the Dead in The Revenger's Tragedy, The Atheist s Tragedy, The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi
Revenger's Tragedy, c.1606
Atheist's Tragedy, c.1611
While Devil, c.1613
Duchess of Malfi, c.1613