The genres of Renaissance tragedy / edited by Daniel Cadman, Andrew Duxfield, Lisa Hopkins.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cadman, Daniel, editor.

Duxfield, Andrew, editor.

Hopkins, Lisa, 1962- editor.

Manchester University Press, publisher.

Series:

Manchester Shakespeare Collection.

Manchester Shakespeare Collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600--History and criticism.

English drama.

English drama (Tragedy)--History and criticism.

English drama (Tragedy).

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2019.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

"Tragedy is the most versatile of Renaissance literary genres. The pinnacle of tragic drama in the period, Hamlet, has become the most famous play, and indeed arguably the most famous work of literature of any genre, ever to have been written; tragedies dealing with historical figures such as Julius Caesar or Richard III have made definitive contributions to the general perception of those personages; and some tragedies contain moments of wild and weird wit or humour which make them funnier than many comedies of the period. Renaissance tragedy as a whole enables exploration of issues ranging from gender to race to religious conflict, and provides us with the first dramatic representations of the lives of ordinary Englishmen and women" --Back cover.

This collection of newly commissioned essays explores the extraordinary versatility of Renaissance tragedy and shows how it enables exploration of issues ranging from gender to race to religious conflict, as well as providing us with some of the earliest dramatic representations of the lives of ordinary Englishmen and women. The book mixes perspectives from emerging scholars with those of established ones and offers the first systematic examination of the full range and versatility of Renaissance tragedy as a literary genre. It works by case study, so that each chapter offers not only a definition of a particular kind of Renaissance tragedy but also new research into a particularly noteworthy or influential example of that genre. Collectively the essays examine the work of a range of dramatists and offer a critical overview of Renaissance tragedy as a genre.

Contents:

Table of Contents

Introduction - Daniel Cadman, Andrew Duxfield and Lisa Hopkins

1. De Casibus tragedy: Marlowe's Tamburlaine the Great - Andrew Duxfield

2. Biblical tragedy: George Peele's David and Bethsabe - Annaliese Connolly

3. Closet tragedy: Fulke Greville's Mustapha - Daniel Cadman

4. Tragedy of state: Macbeth - Alisa Manninen

5. Domestic Tragedy: Yarington(?)'s Two Lamentable Tragedies - Lisa Hopkins and Gemma Leggott

6. Rome and tragic ambivalence: the case of Jonson's Sejanus - John Curran

7. Satiric tragedy: The Revenger's Tragedy -Gabriel Rieger

8. Revenge tragedy: Hoffman - Derek Dunne

-9. "Ha, O my horror!" grotesque tragedy in John Webster's The White Devil - Paul Frazer

10. She-Tragedy: lust, luxury and empire in John Fletcher and Philip Massinger's The False One - Domenico Lovascio

11. Ford's Perkin Warbeck as historical tragedy - Sarah Dewar-Watson

Caroline tragedy: James Shirley's The Traitor - Jessica Dyson

Index.

Notes:

Made available via: manchesterhive.

Includes index.

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Print version: Cadman, Daniel. The genres of Renaissance tragedy,

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9781526138262

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