TY - BOOK
T1 - Revisiting Revenge Tragedy
T2 - New Perspectives
A2 - Hansen, Adam
A2 - Prandoni, Marco
A2 - Van Der Haven, Carnelis
PY - 2024/12/6
Y1 - 2024/12/6
N2 - Revisiting Revenge Tragedy explores one of the most popular and influential genres of early modern theatre. Revenge tragedies resonated with audiences and authors because of their explicit and often horrific depictions of political instability, religious violence, and affective distress. In innovative and provocative ways, this book situates the political, religious, and affective dimensions of such plays within the transnational dynamics of their inception and dissemination across a conflicted Europe, raising questions for us now about authority, tyranny, and justice. Moreover, detailed case studies demonstrate how depicting revenge questioned or evinced sometimes radical sexual, cultural, and political identities and positions.
AB - Revisiting Revenge Tragedy explores one of the most popular and influential genres of early modern theatre. Revenge tragedies resonated with audiences and authors because of their explicit and often horrific depictions of political instability, religious violence, and affective distress. In innovative and provocative ways, this book situates the political, religious, and affective dimensions of such plays within the transnational dynamics of their inception and dissemination across a conflicted Europe, raising questions for us now about authority, tyranny, and justice. Moreover, detailed case studies demonstrate how depicting revenge questioned or evinced sometimes radical sexual, cultural, and political identities and positions.
U2 - 10.1163/9789004713215
DO - 10.1163/9789004713215
M3 - Book
SN - 9789004713208
T3 - Drama and Theatre in Early Modern Europe
BT - Revisiting Revenge Tragedy
PB - Brill
CY - Leiden, Netherlands
ER -