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English Revenge Drama: Money, Resistance, Equality Woodbridge, Linda (Professor, Pennsylvania State University)
English Revenge Drama: Money, Resistance, Equality
Woodbridge, Linda (Professor, Pennsylvania State University)
Why was revenge drama so popular in Shakespeare's time, and why did supposedly forgiving Christian audiences relish such bloodthirsty, vengeful plays? This book addresses these questions, exploring black comedy and sensationalism, what it means that revengers use economic terms like 'pay', and revengers as political revolutionaries and egalitarians.
350 pages, 3 b/w illus.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | December 18, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9781107463271 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 350 |
| Dimensions | 229 × 151 × 22 mm · 514 g |
| Language | English |