The Spanish Tragedy (New Mermaids)

The Spanish Tragedy (New Mermaids)

<p>The first fully-fledged example of a revenge tragedy, the genre<br>that became so influential in later Elizabethan and Jacobean drama, <i>The</i><br><i>Spanish Tragedy</i> (1589) occupies a very special place in the history of<br>English Renaissance drama. Hieronimo, Knight-Marshal of Spain during<br>its war with Portugal, fails to obtain justice when his son is murdered<br>for courting Bel-Imperia, the Duke of Castile's daughter, and decides<br>to take justice into his own hands...</p><p>This new student edition has been freshly revised by Professor<br>Andrew Gurr to incorporate the latest stage history and critical<br>interpretations of the play. It also appends the scenes that were added<br>in 1602, discusses Elizabethan attitudes to revenge, the Senecan<br>features of the play and the significance of the Anglo-Spanish conflict<br>in the 1580s.</p>