Elizabethan Revenge Tragedy, 1587-1642

by Fredson Thayer Bowers

Overview

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.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780691624006
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Publication date:	12/08/2015
Series:	Princeton Legacy Library , #2183
Pages:	302
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter, pg. i
• Preface, pg. vii
• Contents, pg. x
• I. The Background of Revenge, pg. 1
• II. The Background of the Tragedies, pg. 41
• III. The Spanish Tragedy and the Ur-Hamlet, pg. 62
• IV. The School of Kyd, pg. 101
• V. Interlude: The Reign of the Villain, pg. 154
• VI. The Disapproval of Revenge, pg. 184
• VII. The Decadence of Revenge Tragedy, pg. 217
• VIII. Conclusion, pg. 259
• Index, pg. 285