Based on the legends used in Greek drama Seneca s plays are notable for the ex...Based on the legends used in Greek drama Seneca s plays are notable for the exuberant ruthlessness with which disastrous events are foretold and then pursued to their tragic and often bloodthirsty ends. Thyestes depicts the menace of an ancestral curse...more
Based on the legends used in Greek drama Seneca s plays are notable for the ex...Based on the legends used in Greek drama Seneca s plays are notable for the exuberant ruthlessness with which disastrous events are foretold and then pursued to their tragic and often bloodthirsty ends. Thyestes depicts the menace of an ancestral curse...more
Following the end of Queen Elizabeth s reign in the early seventeenth century ...Following the end of Queen Elizabeth s reign in the early seventeenth century the new court of King James was beset by political instability and moral corruption. This atmosphere provided fertile ground for the dramatists of the age whose plays explore...more
The Revenge Tragedy flourished in Britain during the late sixteenth and early ...The Revenge Tragedy flourished in Britain during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. The classic ingredients of the genre are a quest for vengeance mad scenes a play within a play and carnage. Each of the four plays here subverts the...more
9780199540532. Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 464....9780199540532. Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 464. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 464 p. Oxford World s Classics. The Revenge Tragedy flourished in Britain in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Thomas...more
Francis Bacon described revenge as a kind of wild justice . Then as now early ...Francis Bacon described revenge as a kind of wild justice . Then as now early modern playwrights and their theatre-going public were fascinated by the anarchic energies that a desire for retribution unleashes. Rather than rehearsing familiar...more
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Pre-Owned - Hamlet One of the most famous plays of all time the compelling tra...Pre-Owned - Hamlet One of the most famous plays of all time the compelling tragedy of the young prince of Denmark who must reconcile his longing for oblivion with his duty to avenge his father s murder is one of Shakespeare s greatest works. The ghost...more
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