English Renaissance tragedy : ideas of freedom /
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| Author / Creator: | Holbrook, Peter, 1959- author. |
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| Imprint: | London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2015. |
| Description: | xiii, 235 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Arden Shakespeare Arden Shakespeare (Critical studies) |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10357882 |
Table of Contents:
- Part 1. Contexts and Criticism
- 1. Key theories
- 2. The Rise of tragic drama in Renaissance England: Key contexts
- 3. Key Themes: Freedom, tyranny, and slavery
- Part 2. Reading the Plays:
- Gorboduc
- Tamburlaine the Great, Parts I and II
- The Spanish Tragedy
- The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
- The Jew of Malta
- Edward II
- Arden of Faversham
- Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- A Woman Killed With Kindness
- Othello, the Moor of Venice
- King Lear
- Antony and Cleopatra
- The Revenger's Tragedy
- The White Devil
- The Tragedy of Mariam: The Fair Queen of Jewry
- The Duchess of Malfi
- The Changeling
- 'Tis Pity She's a Whore
- Annotated Further Reading
- Notes
- Index
