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Beyond the Spanish Tragedy: A Study of the Works of Thomas Kyd

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Beyond the Spanish Tragedy: A Study of the Works of Thomas Kyd

Contributors:

By (Author) Lukas Erne

ISBN:

9780719079498

Publisher:

Manchester University Press

Imprint:

Manchester University Press

Publication Date:

2nd February 2009

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

Tertiary Education

Dewey:

822.3

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

272

Dimensions:

Width 138mm, Height 216mm

Description

Kyd is arguably Shakespeare's most important tragic predecessor. Brilliantly fusing the drama of the academic and popular traditions, Thomas Kyd's plays are of central importance for understanding how the drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries came about. Called 'an extraordinary dramatic . genius' by T.S. Eliot, Thomas Kyd invented the revenge tragedy genre that culminated in Shakespeare's Hamlet some twelve years later. In this study, The Spanish Tragedy - the most popular of all plays on the English Renaissance stage - receives the extensive scholarly and critical treatment it deserves, including a full reception and modern stage history. Yet as Erne shows, Thomas Kyd is much more than the author of a single masterpiece. Don Horatio (partly extant in The First Part of Hieronimo), the lost early Hamlet, Soliman and Perseda, and Cornelia all belong to what emerges in this work as a coherent dramatic oeuvre. This groundbreaking study is now in paperback. -- .

Reviews

'Lukas Erne's study of Kyd is remarkable: it engages straightforwardly with this immensely important playwright and presents a great deal that is substantially original and of real significance. Serious students of English Renaissance drama will certainly find this book indispensable, and as an added bonus, it is a pleasure to read.'Professor Brian Gibbons, General Editor of the New Mermaids

Author Bio

Lukas Erne is Professor of English in the Dpartement d'anglais, Universit de Genve

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