Civil Vengeance

Description:

"Civil Vengeance changes how we understand retribution and uncovers an archive of revenge literature in early modern England. Shifting attention from episodic revenge to quotidian forms, the author theorizes the manner in which retaliation informs identity formation, interpersonal relationships, and the construction of the social body in early modern England"--

subjects: English literature,  English drama, history and criticism, early modern and elizabethan, 1500-1600,  English literature, history and criticism, early modern, 1500-1700,  Revenge in literature,  English drama,  History and criticism,  Civil society in literature,  Revenge,  History,  Early modern and Elizabethan,  Early modern,  Social aspects,  Englisch,  Kultur,  Literatur,  Rache,  Rachetragödie