Doing Kyd: Essays on the Spanish Tragedy

Doing Kyd reads Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy, the box-office and print success of its time, as the play that established the revenge genre in England and served as a 'pattern and precedent' for the golden generation of early modern playwrights, from Marlowe and Shakespeare to Middleton, Webster and Ford. Interdisciplinary in approach and accessible in style, this collection is crucial in two respects: firstly, it has a wide spectrum, addressing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526127156
• ISBN13: 9781526127150
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.4"