Journeymen in Murder: The Assassin in English Renaissance Drama

by Martin Wiggins

Focusing on 16th- and 17th-century English drama, Journeymen in Murder shows how assassins, although embroiled in violence and intrigue, often serve to address issues of political and moral concern in the period, such as the dangers of tyranny, or the corrupting power of money. Broad in scope, the book covers the entire corpus of English Renaissance drama, and it offers detailed critical consideration of many plays, including several that are here...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198112289
• ISBN13: 9780198112280
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"