Metropolitan tragedy : genre, justice, and the city in early modern England

Metropolitan tragedy : genre, justice, and the city in early modern England /

Breaking new ground in the study of tragedy, early modern theatre, and literary London, Metropolitan Tragedy demonstrates that early modern tragedy emerged from the juncture of radical changes in London's urban fabric and the city's judicial procedures.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Greenberg, Marissa, 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2015]
Subjects:
1500-1699
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.
DRAMA > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
HISTORY > Renaissance.
English drama
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan
English drama (Tragedy)
Justice in literature
Literature
Literature and society
Social conditions
Theater and society
London (England) > In literature.
London (England) > Social conditions.
England > London
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed)
Table of Contents:
  • ""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 Miltonâ€?s Samson Agonistes""; ""Postscript""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

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