The Revenger's Madness: A Study of Revenge Tragedy Motifs

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1980. xi, 349 pages; 23 cm Minor foxing (sparse) to edges; else about near fine(-) to about very good(+) in very good(+) jacket now in archival mylar. Hardcover. ISBN: 9780803223097, 0803223099

Contents: Introduction. The ghost and its call to excess. Madness as dramatic symbol in Jacobean drama. The revenger's madness and Renaissance psychological theory. The other motifs. The revenge experience as tragedy. The Spanish tragedy. Antonio's revenge. Hamlet. The revenger's tragedy. The derivative play: Goffe's The tragedy of Orestes. Delimiting the genre.