The Spanish Tragedy
(Paperback, Revised - Revised edition)
Available Formats
Paperback
Published: 17th January 2013
Paperback, Revised - Revised edition
Published: 23rd October 2009
Publishing Details
The Spanish Tragedy
By (Author) Thomas Kyd
Edited by Andrew Gurr
Edited by J.R. Mulryne
Volume editor Andrew Gurr
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Methuen Drama
23rd October 2009
Revised - Revised edition
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
822.3
Physical Properties
Paperback
176
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 13mm
150g
Description
The first fully-fledged example of a revenge tragedy, the genre that became so influential in later Elizabethan and Jacobean drama, The Spanish Tragedy (1589) occupies a very special place in the history of English Renaissance drama. Hieronimo, Knight-Marshal of Spain during its war with Portugal, fails to obtain justice when his son is murdered for courting Bel-Imperia, the Duke of Castile's daughter, and decides to take justice into his own hands... This new student edition has been freshly revised by Professor Andrew Gurr to incorporate the latest stage history and critical interpretations of the play. It also appends the scenes that were added in 1602, discusses Elizabethan attitudes to revenge, the Senecan features of the play and the significance of the Anglo-Spanish conflict in the 1580s.
Author Bio
Andrew Gurr is Professor of English at Reading University.
