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Early Modern Tragedy and the Cinema of Violence /

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This study considers parallel issues in revenge tragedies of the early seventeenth-century and violent cinema of the last thirty years. It offers a series of provocative explorations of death, revenge and justice, and gender and violence. What happens when we connect The White Devil with Basic Insti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Simkin, Stevie (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Subjects:
Cultural and Media Studies.
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.
Film History.
Film and Television Studies.
Literary Theory.
Literature, general.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Culture > Study and teaching.
Literature > Philosophy.
Literature, Modern > 20th century.
Literature, Modern.
Literature.
Motion pictures and television.
Motion pictures > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This study considers parallel issues in revenge tragedies of the early seventeenth-century and violent cinema of the last thirty years. It offers a series of provocative explorations of death, revenge and justice, and gender and violence. What happens when we connect The White Devil with Basic Instinct ? The Changeling or Titus Andronicus with Straw Dogs ? Doctor Faustus with Se7en ? Taxi Driver with The Spanish Tragedy ? Appealing to those with an interest in either drama or film, written in an engaging style, the book also reconsiders the high /popular culture divide, and reflects on the enduring significance of the revenge motif in Western culture over the past four hundred years, particularly in the post 9/11 context.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (VIII, 264 pages)
ISBN:9780230597112
DOI:10.1057/9780230597112