{"product_id":"9781408159606","title":"Four Revenge Tragedies The Spanish Tragedy, The Revenger's Tragedy, 'Tis Pity She's A Whore and The White Devil","description":"\u003ch3\u003eNew Mermaids\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eFour Revenge Tragedies\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Spanish Tragedy, The Revenger's Tragedy, 'Tis Pity She's A Whore and The White Devil\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThomas Kyd | John Ford | John Webster | Janet Clare | Janet Clare | Janet Clare\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Drama\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrancis Bacon described revenge as a 'kind of wild justice'. Then as now, early modern playwrights and their theatre-going public were fascinated by the anarchic energies that a desire for retribution unleashes. Rather than rehearsing familiar conventions, each of these plays presents a unique social and cultural milieu where dark fantasies of revenge are variously played out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Kyd's \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Spanish Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e a grieving father seeks public justice for the murder of his son by envious princelings. When his attempts are thwarted he turns a court spectacle of murder into the 'real' thing. Blackly comic in its tone and style, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Revenger's Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (anon.) presents vengeance as mimetic art, witty and cruel. Ford's \u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eTis Pity She's a Whore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e represents an innovative re-working of the genre as a brother's love for his sister leads to his spectacular revenge on his rival, her husband, in a society in which brutal retaliation for perceived wrong is the norm. In Webster's \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe White Devil\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e crimes of passion ignite revenge in the courts of the Italian city states.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis student edition contains fully annotated, modernized texts of each play together with an introduction discussing the dramatic and poetic style of each play, focusing on its action and play of ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJanet Clare \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Renaissance Literature and Director of the Andrew Marvell Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies at the University of Hull, UK.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlay texts edited by: \u003cb\u003eAndrew Gurr\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe Spanish Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003cb\u003eBrian Gibbons\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe Revenger's Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003cb\u003eMartin Wiggins \u003c\/b\u003e(\u003ci\u003e'Tis Pity She's a Whore\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003cb\u003eChristina Luckyj\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe White Devil\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e03 July 2014\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781408159606\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e600\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20.32\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55335410991244,"sku":"9781408159606","price":17.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_8f21c60a-2cc5-4d56-8152-42872e65471f.jpg?v=1788030093","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781408159606","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}