Revisiting Revenge Tragedy

New Perspectives
Herausgeber: Hansen, Adam; Haven, Cornelis van der; Prandoni, Marco

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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. Contributors include Karoline Johanna Baumann, Sarah I. Fengler, Anne Graham, Adam Hansen, Tom Laureys, Vanessa Lim, Marco Prandoni, Cornelis van der Haven, Tim Vergeer, Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly, and Dinah Wouters.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brill
• Pages, 5 Illustrations edition
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 158mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9789004713208
• ISBN-10: 9004713204
• Artikelnr.: 71163143

Autorenporträt

Adam Hansen is Senior Lecturer in English at Northumbria University. He has published widely on early modern literature in its own context and ours. Marco Prandoni is Associate Professor in Dutch Studies at the University of Bologna. His research examines intercultural dynamics in early moder theatre and contemporary culture, with a specific focus on migration-related issues, cultural memory, and ecocritics. Cornelis van der Haven is Associate Professor in early modern Dutch literature at Ghent University. He has published widely about Dutch and German theatre, epic poetry and early modern cultures of violence.