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The Spanish Tragedie

The Spanish Tragedie - Renaissance Dramatists

Paperback (25 Jun 1998)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Highly influential, THE SPANISH TRAGEDIE was also one of the great popular sensations of the Elizabethan stage. Kyd invented the genre of the revenge tragedy, whose ghosts baying for blood, violent extremism and powerful rhetoric eventually led toHamlet. His 'Machiavellian' villain Lorenzo decisively influenced characters like Iago.

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Penguin Classics

In January 1946, the Penguin Classics list was launched with E. V. Rieu's translation of The Odyssey. The series now consists of over 800 titles including the best in English, American, European, classical and non-western literature and an extensive range of philosophy, religion, art, history and politics titles.

Book information

ISBN: 9780140436464
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Pub date:
DEWEY: 822.3
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 184
Weight: 162g
Height: 198mm
Width: 128mm
Spine width: 14mm