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Five Revenge Tragedies: The Spanish Tragedy, Hamlet, Antonio'...
As the Elizabethan era gave way to the reign of James I, England grappled with corruption within the royal court and widespread religious anxiety. Dramatists responded with morally complex plays of dark wit and violent spectacle, exploring the nature of death, the abuse of power and vigilante justice. In Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy a father failed by the Spanish court seeks his own bloody retribution for his son's murder. Shakespeare's 1603 version of Hamlet creates an avenging Prince of unique psychological depth, while Chettle's The Tragedy of Hoffman is a fascinating reworking of Hamlet's themes, probably for a rival theatre company. In Marston's Antonio's Revenge, thwarted love leads inexorably to gory reprisals and in Middleton's The Revenger's Tragedy, malcontent Vindice unleashes an e
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My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales|Paperback
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Venus and Aphrodite : Bettany Hughes : 9781541674233
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Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism a book by Amanda Montell
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism a book by Amanda Montell
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40 New Feminist Classics You Should Read
Recently, a blatant misogynist was elected president, bringing with him a vice president whose stance on women’s rights and women’s health is so awful that thousands of people are hazin…
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Mean Baby by Selma Blair: 9780593082775 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
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8 Fascinating Mythology Books for Adults | Book Riot
NAMED A BEST BOOK of the YEAR by O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE, REFINERY 29, and KIRKUS REVIEWS SHORTLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE Miranda July meets Mary Karr in this brilliant debut novel from Jen Beagin, Whiting Award winner and &ldquo... Powells Books, Cleaning Lady, Gay Books, Favorite Novels, Entertainment Weekly, Trailer Park, Getting Drunk, First Novel, University Of California
Pretend I'm Dead|Paperback
NAMED A BEST BOOK of the YEAR by O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE, REFINERY 29, and KIRKUS REVIEWS SHORTLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE Miranda July meets Mary Karr in this brilliant debut novel from Jen Beagin, Whiting Award winner and &ldquo...