Revenge Tragedy and Classical Philosophy on the Early Modern Stage

ISBN-13: 9781474440271 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 320 str.

Christopher Crosbie

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Introduction: On Revenge Tragedy and the Shaping Influence of Classical Philosophy; 1. Oeconomia and the Vegetative Soul: Thomas Kyd’s Naturalisation of Revenge in The Spanish Tragedy; 2. Fixing Moderation: Titus Andronicus and the Aristotelian Determination of Value; 3. ‘A fine pate full of fine dirt:’ Hamlet Among the Atomists; 4. ‘Vein by vein:’ The Pneumatics of Retribution in John Marston’s Antonio’s Revenge; 5. Prohairesis on the Inside: The Duchess of Malfi and Epictetian Volition; Epilogue: A kind of sensible justice; Index.