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| Genre/Form: | Criticism, interpretation, etc History |
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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Thomas Rist |
| ISBN: | 9780754661528 0754661520 |
| OCLC Number: | 124031866 |
| Description: | 165 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | 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. |
| Series Title: | Studies in performance and early modern drama. |
| Responsibility: | Thomas Rist. |
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'Rist makes a strong argument for reading revenge tragedies, from The Spanish Tragedy to The White Devil, in the light of their attitudes to remembrance and mourning. His introduction establishes clearly the main lines of the debate: not only in the radical differences between reformed and Catholic attitudes to prayers for the dead, but in contrasting views of excess in mourning. ...Particularly helpful is the examination of Virgilian echoes in The Spanish Tragedy.' Times Literary Supplement '... offers a focused reevaluation of English revenge tragedy in light of Reformation challenges to traditional obervances for the dead. Well versed in recent scholarship on the complexity of religious change in early modern England.... All (Rist's) conclusions are useful and productive, and they are buttressed by compelling close observations and the inclusion of fascinating source material. ...Rist's monograph makes a contribution to " and is of a piece with " recent reassessments of the Renaissance stage in light of new understandings about the English Reformation... [with] a sense of religious controversy perhaps more detailed and sophisticated than those of previous treatments...' Renaissance Quarterly '... a provocative study with a sharply defined thesis that should interest any scholar of the period's dramatic and theological currents.... Rist's book raises some fascinating issues ... the book is, as is typical of Ashgate's varied and innovative offerings, handsomely produced, and deserves to be on many library shelves.' Early Theatre '... impressive for the depth and range of its research... he reveals some of the tightly woven religious controversies of the day in great detail. The readings of individual scenes are pin-sharp and nuanced, and the treatment of the religious context constitutes a major step forward in our understanding of these plays and their audiences. ' Journal of the Northern Renaissance '... a revisionist attempt to Read more...
