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Author
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Date published
2008
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Publisher
Aldershot : Ashgate, 2008.
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Subject
English drama Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 History and criticism
English drama 17th century History and criticism
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Accession number
83431470
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Class
81/RIS
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ISBN
9780754661528 (hbk.), 0754661520 (hbk.)
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Language
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Physical description
165 p. ; 22 cm.
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Bibliography, etc. note: Includes bibliographical references and index. Formatted contents note: "Outrage fits" : revenge and melodrama of mourning in The Spanish tragedy, Titus Andronicus and Hamlet. Summary, etc: Considering major works by Kyd, Shakespeare, Middleton and Webster among others, this book transforms current understanding of early modern revenge tragedy. It shows revenge tragedy is not an anti-Catholic and Reformist genre, but one rooted in, and in dialogue with, traditional Catholic culture.