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Massacres in early modern drama /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lucas, Georgina (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2026.
Series:Revels plays companion library.
Subjects:
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > Themes, motives.
Massacres in literature.
Saint Bartholomew's Day, Massacre of, France, 1572.
Massacres dans la littérature.
Massacre de la Saint-Barthélemy, France, 1572.
English drama > Themes, motives
Massacres in literature
1500-1600
Table of Contents:
  • "What order will you set down for the massacre?"
  • The meaning of massacre : etymology and semantics
  • The rhetoric of massacre : witnessing atrocity
  • Massacre from above : the foundation and maintenance of states
  • Massacre from below : usurpation and assassination
  • Massacre from without : genocide and sack
  • Massacre from within : war crimes and civil war.