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The Spanish Tragedy de Thomas Kyd

The Spanish Tragedy

Autor Thomas Kyd
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The first fully-fledged example of a revenge tragedy, the genre that became so influential in later Elizabethan and Jacobean drama, The Spanish Tragedy (1589) occupies a very special place in the history of English Renaissance drama. Hieronimo, Knight-Marshal of Spain during its war with Portugal, fails to obtain justice when his son is murdered for courting Bel-Imperia, the Duke of Castile's daughter, and decides to take justice into his own hands. In his tragically short life, Thomas Kyd wrote one play that has become a classic. In its day, it was one of the most popular on stage and in print, going through 10 printings in the 40 years after it was written. His language is not as accessible as Shakespeare's, but with careful reading, the attraction of the play to the late Elizabethan audience becomes clear. This was one of the first revenge tragedies. By the end of the play, almost everyone has been killed or committed suicide. There are many plot lines that have echoes in Shakespeare's Hamlet. Students of that play should find it worth their time to discover what is considered by many scholars to be an influence on William Shakespeare.
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ISBN-13: 9781495341809
ISBN-10: 1495341801
Pagini: 108
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 6 mm
Greutate: 0.15 kg
Editura: CREATESPACE

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The Spanish Tragedy became one of the most successful plays on the Elizabethan English stage and laid the foundation of the revenge tragedy, a genre that playwrights returned to throughout the early modern era and that endures even today. The story surrounds the civil servant Hieronimo, who joins Bel-imperia of the royal family to take revenge on her own brother for murdering Hieronimo’s son, the object of her affection. The work goes far beyond a story of intrigue and brings up questions of aristocratic privilege, the moral hazards of revenge, the spectacle of violence, and the agency of women at court.
This Broadview Edition includes a freshly edited text based on the 1592 edition, notes designed to help first-time readers understand and enjoy the work, an extensive introduction that situates the play in its literary and historical context, and extensive historical documents. The documents open up avenues of inquiry for students interested in the life and work of Thomas Kyd, the construction of women at court, the question of revenge, violence, and entertainment in Elizabethan England, and Spain in the Elizabethan imagination.

Notă biografică

Thomas Kyd (1558-94) was an English playwright, about whose life and works little is now known. Kyd was a contemporary of Spenser and a friend of Marlowe. He was criticized by the court poets for his lack of formal education but enjoyed great popularity as a dramatist. None of his early work having survived, he is chiefly remembered for The Spanish Tragedy (c. 1589), the first English revenge tragedy. This violent and bloody play proved extremely popular and was revived after the Restoration in a production remarked upon by Samuel Pepys. Its influence can be seen in English tragedy throughout the 17th century, most notably in Shakespeare's Hamlet, which employs not only the revenge theme but also the use of a play-within-a-play to reveal the identity of the murderer. Largely because of this, Kyd has often been suggested as the most likely author of the so-called 'ur-Hamlet' (c. 1594), a lost play that is known to have supplied many of the basic plot elements of Shakespeare's masterpiece. In recent years much attention has been paid to Kyd's possible role in the events leading to the death of his friend Christopher Marlowe. In May 1593 Kyd was arrested for possession of a 'heretical' treatise denying the divinity of Christ. Under severe torture he stated that the document had been given him by Marlowe, a noted freethinker who seems to have been the authorities' real target. Kyd's evidence led to an arrest warrant being issued against Marlowe, who was killed in murky circumstances a few weeks later. Kyd himself never recovered from his treatment in prison and died the following year.

Recenzii

The Spanish Tragedy became one of the most successful plays on the Elizabethan English stage and laid the foundation of the revenge tragedy, a genre that playwrights returned to throughout the early modern era and that endures even today. The story surrounds the civil servant Hieronimo, who joins Bel-imperia of the royal family to take revenge on her own brother for murdering Hieronimo’s son, the object of her affection. The work goes far beyond a story of intrigue and brings up questions of aristocratic privilege, the moral hazards of revenge, the spectacle of violence, and the agency of women at court.
This Broadview Edition includes a freshly edited text based on the 1592 edition, notes designed to help first-time readers understand and enjoy the work, an extensive introduction that situates the play in its literary and historical context, and extensive historical documents. The documents open up avenues of inquiry for students interested in the life and work of Thomas Kyd, the construction of women at court, the question of revenge, violence, and entertainment in Elizabethan England, and Spain in the Elizabethan imagination.

“This is a superb edition of The Spanish Tragedy — a work of exemplary scholarship and sensitive critical intelligence. The notes and annotations are admirably clear and informative, and the introduction to Thomas Kyd’s enigmatic life and work is enthralling and illuminating. As well as providing us with a fresh, updated play text, Patrick McHenry gives us a vivid account of the political and cultural background to this great, foundational work of revenge tragedy. Readers of this edition of the play will be rewarded with abundant critical insights and thought-provoking commentary.” — Stephen Regan, Durham University
“This foundational text of Renaissance drama and cultural history has been conservatively edited, helpfully glossed, and well annotated. In addition, a judicious selection of background materials (on revenge, honor, and forgiveness; Elizabethan blood lust; female agency; and Elizabethan perception of the Spanish temperament) makes this an excellent all-round edition for classroom use.” — Raymond-Jean Frontain, University of Central Arkansas

Cuprins

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Thomas Kyd: A Brief Chronology
A Note on the Text
The Spanish Tragedy
Appendix A: Additional Passages of 1602
Appendix B: Documents in the Life of Thomas Kyd
  1. From Richard Mulcaster, Positions (1581)
  2. Letter from Queen Elizabeth’s Privy Council (11 May 1593)
  3. Thomas Kyd, Two Letters to Sir John Puckering (1593)
  4. Thomas Kyd, Dedication to Robert Garnier’s Cornelia (1594)
Appendix C: The Question of Revenge
  1. From the Epistle of the Apostle Paul to the Romans
  2. From Seneca, Thyestes (first century CE)
  3. From “A Sermon against Contention and Brawling” (1547)
  4. From Richard Jones, The Book of Honor and Arms (1590)
  5. From William Westerman, Two Sermons of Assize (1600)
  6. From Ben Jonson, Introduction to Bartholomew Fair (1614)
  7. Sir Francis Bacon, “Of Revenge” (1625)
Appendix D: Violence and Entertainment in Elizabethan England
  1. From Robert Langham, A Letter (1575)
  2. From William Harrison, Description of England (1586)
  3. From Philip Stubbes, The Anatomy of Abuses (1595)
  4. John Norden, Map of London (1593)
  5. The Triple Tree at Tyburn
Appendix E: The Social Construction of Women at Court
  1. From Baldesar Castiglione, The Book of the Courtier (1528)
  2. From Juan Luis Vives, Instruction of Christian Women (1529)
  3. Queen Elizabeth’s Armada Speech to the Troops at Tilbury (9 August 1588)
  4. Lady Arbella Stuart, Letter to King James (c. December 1610)
  5. From Elizabeth Cary, The Tragedy of Mariam (1613)
Appendix F: Spain in Elizabethan Culture
  1. From Richard Hakluyt, A Discourse on Western Planting (1584)
  2. From A Fig for the Spaniard (1591)
  3. From Sir Walter Raleigh, A Report of the Truth of the Fight about the Iles of Azores (1591)
Works Cited and Further Reading