Civil vengeance: literature, culture, and early modern revenge
Auteur :
King, Emily L.
Éditeur :
Cornell University Press
ISBN :
9781501739651
Date de publication :
15 sept. 2019
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,1 cm
Poids :
454 g
Format :
Paper over boards
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
What is revenge, and what purpose does it serve? On the early modern English stage, depictions of violence and carnage—the duel between Hamlet and Laertes that leaves nearly everyone dead or the ghastly meal of human remains served at the end of Titus Andronicus—emphasize arresting acts of revenge that upset the social order. Yet the subsequent...