{"product_id":"the-origins-of-english-revenge-george-oppitz-trotman-9781474441728","title":"The Origins of English Revenge Tragedy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInvestigates the figures and materials of English tragedy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eEstablishes a new approach to the relationship between historical performance and printed literature\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eComplicates the popular concept of metatheatre\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers boldly original readings of important English tragedies like \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Spanish Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eShows how our encounter with difficulty in the reading of revenge plays can be equivalent to an imaginative confrontation with the contradictions of early modern theatrical action\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eCharting a new course between performance studies and literary criticism, this book explores how recognition of the dramatic person is involved in theatrical materiality. It shows how the moral difficulty of revenge in plays like \u003cem\u003eThe Spanish Tragedy\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHamlet\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Duchess of Malfi\u003c\/em\u003e is inseparable from the difficulty of discerning human shapes in the theatre and on the page. Intervening in a wide range of current debates within early modern studies, Oppitz-Trotman argues that the origins of English tragic drama cannot be understood without considering how the common player appears in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Oppitz-Trotman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474441726\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474441728\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/16\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.58d","brand":"George Oppitz-Trotman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43982864711935,"sku":"9781474441728","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cc63993c-eb89-4353-87ca-ab8557c9268f.jpg?v=1683263420","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-origins-of-english-revenge-george-oppitz-trotman-9781474441728","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}