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Sex and satiric tragedy in early modern England : penetrating wit / Gabriel A. Rieger.

  • Accession number

    8344047X

  • Class

    65.127/RIE

  • ISBN

    9781409400295 (hbk.), 1409400298 (hbk.)

  • Language

    English

  • Physical description

    147 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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General note: Discusses Hamlet, Troilus and Cressida, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, Othello. Bibliography, etc. note: Includes bibliography (p. 133-138) and index. Summary, etc: Drawing upon scholarship in Renaissance studies regarding notions of the body, political, physical and social, this study examines how the satiric tragedians of the English Renaissance employ the languages of sex in the service of satiric aggression.