The Spanish Tragedie: The Spanish Tragedie with the First Part of Jeronimo

Smith, Emma

ISBN 10: 0140436464 / ISBN 13: 9780140436464

Published by Penguin Classics, 1998

About this Item

Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Spanish Tragedie: The Spanish Tragedie with the First Part of Jeronimo
• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140436464
• ISBN 13: 9780140436464
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 158.8 grams

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Synopsis

Highly influential, THE SPANISH TRAGEDIE was also one of the great popular sensations of the Elizabethan stage. Kyd invented the genre of the revenge tragedy, whose ghosts baying for blood, violent extremism and powerful rhetoric eventually led toHamlet. His 'Machiavellian' villain Lorenzo decisively influenced characters like Iago.

About the Author

Thomas Kyd (1558-1594) is associated with a leading theatrical company, the Queen's Men. In 1593 both Kyd and Marlowe were arrested, and Kyd was imprisoned and tortured - his career never recovered. Emma Smith is Fellow of All Souls College, Oxfordand is currently working on a history of Shakespeare's Henry V.