Early Modern Tragedy and the Cinema of Violence

Simkin, S.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2005-12-15

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781403944115

DOI: 10.1057/9780230597112

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 264