Metropolitan Tragedy : Genre, Justice, and the City in Early Modern England.
Greenberg, Marissa.
Metropolitan Tragedy : Genre, Justice, and the City in Early Modern England. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (248 pages)
Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Texts -- Introduction -- 1 Topography, Murder, and Early Modern Domestic Tragedy -- 2 Translatio Metropolitae and Early English Revenge Tragedy -- 3 Tyrant Tragedy and the Tyranny of Tragedy in Stuart London -- 4 Noise, the Great Fire, and Milton's Samson Agonistes -- Postscript -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Breaking new ground in the study of tragedy, early modern theatre, and literary London, Metropolitan Tragedydemonstrates that early modern tragedy emerged from the juncture of radical changes in London's urban fabric and the city's judicial procedures.
9781442617711
English drama-Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600-History and criticism.
English drama-17th century-History and criticism.
English drama (Tragedy)-History and criticism.
Theater and society-England-London-History.
Literature and society-England-London-History.
Justice in literature.
London (England)-In literature.
London (England)-Social conditions.
Electronic books.
PR658.T7.G74 2015eb
Metropolitan Tragedy : Genre, Justice, and the City in Early Modern England. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (248 pages)
Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Texts -- Introduction -- 1 Topography, Murder, and Early Modern Domestic Tragedy -- 2 Translatio Metropolitae and Early English Revenge Tragedy -- 3 Tyrant Tragedy and the Tyranny of Tragedy in Stuart London -- 4 Noise, the Great Fire, and Milton's Samson Agonistes -- Postscript -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Breaking new ground in the study of tragedy, early modern theatre, and literary London, Metropolitan Tragedydemonstrates that early modern tragedy emerged from the juncture of radical changes in London's urban fabric and the city's judicial procedures.
9781442617711
English drama-Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600-History and criticism.
English drama-17th century-History and criticism.
English drama (Tragedy)-History and criticism.
Theater and society-England-London-History.
Literature and society-England-London-History.
Justice in literature.
London (England)-In literature.
London (England)-Social conditions.
Electronic books.
PR658.T7.G74 2015eb