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In this learned and lively book, John Kerrigan explores the literature of vengeance from Greek tragedy to postmodernism, ranging through material in several languages, as well as through opera, painting, and film, while opening new perspectives on such famailiar English works as Hamlet.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kerrigan, John
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1996.
Subjects:
Revenge in literature.
Tragedy.
Vengeance dans la littérature.
Tragédie.
tragedies.
tragedy (general genre)
Revenge in literature
Tragedy
Tragedies.
Wraak.
Revenge tragedies
Electronic books.
Tragedies (Drama)
Tragédies.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:In this learned and lively book, John Kerrigan explores the literature of vengeance from Greek tragedy to postmodernism, ranging through material in several languages, as well as through opera, painting, and film, while opening new perspectives on such famailiar English works as Hamlet.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 404 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 368-388) and index.
ISBN:9780191674280
0191674281