Civil vengeance : literature, culture, and early modern revenge /

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"Civil Vengeance changes how we understand retribution and uncovers an archive of revenge literature in early modern England. Shifting attention from episodic revenge to quotidian forms, the author theorizes the manner in which retaliation informs identity formation, interpersonal relationships...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: King, Emily L., 1982- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019.
Temas:
1500-1700
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Revenge in literature.
Civil society in literature.
Revenge > Social aspects > England > History.
Théâtre anglais > 16e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Vengeance dans la littérature.
Société civile dans la littérature.
Vengeance > Aspect social > Angleterre > Histoire.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Shakespeare.
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan.
English literature > Early modern.
Revenge > Social aspects.
England.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : playing the long game
  • Teaching revenge : social aspiration and the fragmented subject of early modern conduct books
  • Feeling revenge : emotional transmission and contagious vengeance in Donne's Deaths duell
  • Fantasizing about revenge : vagrancy and the formation of the social body in Shakespeare's 2 Henry VI and Nashe's The unfortunate traveller
  • Commemorating revenge : mourning, memory, and retributive alternatives in the English interregnum
  • Afterword : what remains of civil vengeance?

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