This wonderful Penguin Classic: Three Jacobean Tragedies s a gem; The White Devil The Revenger's Tragedy, and the Changeling. By the early seventeenth century Renaissance humanism had reached a crisis.; The period of mental unrest, and the sense of moral corruption and ambiguity that followed, provoked the Jacobean dramatists to embittered satire and images of tragic retribution.

Three Jacobean Tragedies: The White Devil; The Revenger's Tragedy; The Changeling (Penguin English Library)

Literature & Fiction

Middleton, Thomas

Tourneur, Cyril

Rowley, W.

Webster, John.

Dramas & Plays

Penguin Classics

Following the end of Queen Elizabeth's reign in the early seventeenth century, the new court of King James was beset by political instability and moral corruption. This atmosphere provided fertile ground for the dramatists of the age, whose plays explore the ways in which social decadence and the abuse of power breed resentment and lead inexorably to violence and bloody retribution. In Tourneur's The Revenger's Tragedy, the debauched son of an Italian Duke attempts to rape the virtuous Gloriana - a veiled reference to Elizabeth I. Webster's The White Devil depicts a sinister world of intrigue and murderous infidelity, while The Changeling, perhaps Middleton's supreme achievement, powerfully portrays a woman bringing about her own unwitting destruction. All three are masterpieces of brooding intensity, dominated by images of decay, disillusionment and death.

Three Revenge Tragedies: The Revenger's Tragedy; The White Devil; The Changeling (Penguin Classics)

Revengers Tragedy

W.W.Norton&Company

The Atheist's Tragedy (The New Mermaids)

W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.

New Mermaids are modernized and fully-annotated editions of classic English plays. Each volume includes: The playtext, in modern spelling, edited to the highest bibliographical and textual standards Textual notes recording significant changes to the copytext and variant readings Glossing notes explaining obscure words and word-play Critical, contextual and staging notes Photographs of productions where applicable A full introduction which provides a critical account of the play, the staging conventions of the time and recent stage history; discusses authorship, date, sources and the text; and gives guidance for further reading. Edited and updated by leading scholars and printed in a clear, easy-to-use format, New Mermaids offer invaluable guidance for actor, student, and theatre-goer alike.

Revenger's Tragedy (New Mermaid Series)

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

The Revenger's Tragedy (Swan Theatre Plays)

British & Irish

METHUEN

The revenger's tragedy (The Revels plays)

distributed by Harper & Row, Barnes & Noble Import Division

This play depicts a morally corrupt world where the desire for justice is contaminated by the obsession for revenge. The characters take pleasure in watching adultery, incest and murder. The play's chief moral spokesman, Vindice, is at the same time enamoured of and disgusted by, the luxury of the court. Locating the play in relation to the best recent criticism, and exploring its complexities with a contemporary eye, furthers the reputation of these comprehensive student editions.

The Revenger's Tragedy (The New Mermaids)

Benn

paperback.108 pages. New Mermaids by Cyril Tourneur-The Revenger's Tragedy/edited by Brian Gibbons London/Earnest Benn Limited

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The revenger's tragedy (The new mermaids)

A C Black Publishers Ltd

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