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Beyond the Spanish Tragedy: A Study of the Works of Thomas Kyd

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Thomas Kyd is arguably Shakespeare's most important tragic predecessor. Fusing the drama of the academic and popular traditions, Thomas Kyd's plays are of central importance for understanding how the drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries came about. Called an extraordinary dramatic genius by T.S. Eliot, Thomas Kyd invented the revenge tragedy genre that culminated in Shakespeare's Hamlet some 12 years later. In Lukas Erne's book, The Spanish Tragedy - the most popular of all plays on the English Renaissance stage - receives the extensive scholarly and critical treatment it deserves, including a full reception and modern stage history.

Language: English

Pages: 272

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Release: January 03, 2002

ISBN: 0719060931

ISBN 13: 9780719060939

Beyond the Spanish Tragedy: A Study of the Works of Thomas Kyd

4/5 ( ratings)

Thomas Kyd is arguably Shakespeare's most important tragic predecessor. Fusing the drama of the academic and popular traditions, Thomas Kyd's plays are of central importance for understanding how the drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries came about. Called an extraordinary dramatic genius by T.S. Eliot, Thomas Kyd invented the revenge tragedy genre that culminated in Shakespeare's Hamlet some 12 years later. In Lukas Erne's book, The Spanish Tragedy - the most popular of all plays on the English Renaissance stage - receives the extensive scholarly and critical treatment it deserves, including a full reception and modern stage history.

Language: English

Pages: 272

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Release: January 03, 2002

ISBN: 0719060931

ISBN 13: 9780719060939

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