Beyond Reason: Madness in the English Revenge Tragedy

This paper explores the depiction and function of madness on the Renaissance stage, specifically its development as trope of the English revenge tragedy from its Elizabethan conception to its Jacobean advent through a representative engagement of Thomas Kyd’s The Spanish Tragedy, William Shakespeare...

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Main Author: Denton, Megan
Format: Others
Published: VCU Scholars Compass 2013
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Online Access:http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/554
http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1553&context=etd