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The Cambridge companion to English Renaissance tragedy / edited by Emma Smith, Garrett A. Sullivan, Jr.

Contributor(s): Smith, Emma (Emma Josephine) | Sullivan, Garrett AMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge companions to literaturePublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010Description: 280 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 9780521734646 (pbk.) :; 0521734649 (pbk.) :; 9780521519373 (hbk.) :; 0521519373 (hbk.) :Subject(s): English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism | English drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism | LiteratureDDC classification: 822'.05120903
Contents:
English Renaissance tragedy: theories and antecedents / Mike Pincombe Tragedy, family and household / Catherine Richardson Tragedy and the nation state / Andrew Hadfield Tragedy and religion / Alison Shell Tragedy and revenge / Tanya Pollard Tragic subjectivities / Garrett A. Sullivan Jr Tragic forms / Lucy Munro Tragedy and performance / Lois Potter Renaissance tragedy on film: defying mainstream Shakespeare / Pascale Aebischer Shakespeare and early modern tragedy / Emma Smith The Spanish tragedy and metatheatre / Gregory M. Colón Semenza Doctor Faustus: dramaturgy and disturbance / Mark Thornton Burnett Edward II: Marlowe, tragedy and the sublime / Patrick Cheney Arden of Faversham: tragic action at a distance / Mary Floyd-Wilson The Revenger's tragedy: original sin and the allures of vengeance / Heather Hirschfield The Tragedy of Mariam: political legitimacy and maternal authority / Mary Beth Rose The Changeling and the dynamics of ugliness / Gordon McMullan The Duchess of Malfi: tragedy and gender / Judith Haber 'Tis pity she's a whore: the play of intertextuality / Emily C. Bartels.
Summary: Combining discussion of key topics for the study of Renaissance tragedy with fresh readings of canonical and frequently-taught texts, this Companion provides an engaging overview of Renaissance tragedy which features but is not dominated by Shakespeare.

English Renaissance tragedy: theories and antecedents / Mike Pincombe Tragedy, family and household / Catherine Richardson Tragedy and the nation state / Andrew Hadfield Tragedy and religion / Alison Shell Tragedy and revenge / Tanya Pollard Tragic subjectivities / Garrett A. Sullivan Jr Tragic forms / Lucy Munro Tragedy and performance / Lois Potter Renaissance tragedy on film: defying mainstream Shakespeare / Pascale Aebischer Shakespeare and early modern tragedy / Emma Smith The Spanish tragedy and metatheatre / Gregory M. Colón Semenza Doctor Faustus: dramaturgy and disturbance / Mark Thornton Burnett Edward II: Marlowe, tragedy and the sublime / Patrick Cheney Arden of Faversham: tragic action at a distance / Mary Floyd-Wilson The Revenger's tragedy: original sin and the allures of vengeance / Heather Hirschfield The Tragedy of Mariam: political legitimacy and maternal authority / Mary Beth Rose The Changeling and the dynamics of ugliness / Gordon McMullan The Duchess of Malfi: tragedy and gender / Judith Haber 'Tis pity she's a whore: the play of intertextuality / Emily C. Bartels.

Combining discussion of key topics for the study of Renaissance tragedy with fresh readings of canonical and frequently-taught texts, this Companion provides an engaging overview of Renaissance tragedy which features but is not dominated by Shakespeare.

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