Revenge Tragedy and the Drama of Commemoration in Reforming England
Considering major works by Kyd, Shakespeare, Middleton and Webster among others, this book transforms current understanding of early modern revenge tragedy. Examining the genre in light of historical revisions to England's Reformations, and with appropriate regard to the social history of the dead, it shows revenge tragedy is not an anti-Catholic and Reformist genre, but one rooted in, and in dialogue with, traditional Catholic culture. Arguing its tragedies are bound to the age's funerary...
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Considering major works by Kyd, Shakespeare, Middleton and Webster among others, this book transforms current understanding of early modern revenge tragedy. Examining the genre in light of historical revisions to England's Reformations, and with appropriate regard to the social history of the dead, it shows revenge tragedy is not an anti-Catholic and Reformist genre, but one rooted in, and in dialogue with, traditional Catholic culture. Arguing its tragedies are bound to the age's funerary performances, it provides a new view of the contemporary theatre and especially its role in the religious upheavals of the period.
Introduction: Revenge Tragedy: Critical Issues 1The Dead and Performative Religio-Politics at the 'Change of Religion' 3Mourning and its Aesthetics at the 'Change of Religion' 181 'Outrage Fits': Revenge and the 'Melodrama' of Mourning in The Spanish Tragedy, Titus Andronicus and Hamlet 27The Spanish Tragedy, c. 1586-1587 27Titus Andronicus, c. 1592 44Hamlet, c.1600, revised 1600-1604 602 Funerary Theatre: Mourning, Antonio's Revenge and Paul's Theatre 753 Melodrama and Parody: Remembering the Dead in The Revenger's Tragedy, The Atheist s Tragedy, The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi 97The Revenger's Tragedy, c.1606 98The Atheist's Tragedy, c.1611 107The While Devil, c.1613 121The Duchess of Malfi, c.1613 134Select Bibliography 149Index 159
