The Revenger's Tragedy: A Critical Reader

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The Revengers Tragedy is one of the most vital, important, and enduring tragedies of the Jacobean era, one of the few non-Shakespearean plays of that period that is still regularly revived on stage and taught in classrooms. The play is notable for its piercing insight into human depravity, its savage humour, and its florid theatricality. This collection of new essays offers students an invaluable overview of the play's critical and performance history as well as four critical essays offering a range of new perspectives.

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Im very impressed by this series. I think its success lies in part in the general editors wise selection of volume editors who are both intellectually open-minded and capable of assembling strong, diverse teams of contributors. * Studies in English Literature *

Author Bio

Brian Walsh is Associate Professor of English at Yale University. He is the author of Shakespeare, the Queens Men, and the Elizabethan Performance of History as well as of several articles and book chapters on Shakespeare and other early modern dramatists.