{"product_id":"civil-vengeance-emily-l-king-9781501739651","title":"Civil Vengeance: Literature, Culture, and Early Modern Revenge","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat is revenge, and what purpose does it serve? On the early modern English stage, depictions of violence and carnage--the duel between Hamlet and Laertes that leaves nearly everyone dead or the ghastly meal of human remains served at the end of \u003ci\u003eTitus Andronicus\u003c\/i\u003e--emphasize arresting acts of revenge that upset the social order. Yet the subsequent critical focus on a narrow selection of often bloody \"revenge plays\" has overshadowed subtler and less spectacular modes of vengeance present in early modern culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eCivil Vengeance\u003c\/i\u003e, Emily L. King offers a new way of understanding early modern revenge in relation to civility and community. Rather than relegating vengeance to the social periphery, she uncovers how facets of society--church, law, and education--relied on the dynamic of retribution to augment their power such that revenge emerges as an extension of civility. To revise the lineage of revenge literature in early modern England, King rereads familiar revenge tragedies (including Marston's \u003ci\u003eAntonio's Revenge\u003c\/i\u003e and Kyd's \u003ci\u003eThe Spanish Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e) alongside a new archive that includes conduct manuals, legal and political documents, and sermons. Shifting attention from episodic revenge to quotidian forms, \u003ci\u003eCivil Vengeance\u003c\/i\u003e provides new insights into the manner by which retaliation informs identity formation, interpersonal relationships, and the construction of the social body.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emily L. King\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501739654\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501739651\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2020","brand":"Emily L. King","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43985273487615,"sku":"9781501739651","price":56.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_35403f0f-713e-43a3-bab6-e18ec660955f.jpg?v=1683276585","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/civil-vengeance-emily-l-king-9781501739651","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}