Revenge tragedy and classical philosophy on the early modern stage /

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Author / Creator:Crosbie, Christopher James, author.
Imprint:Edinburgh : Edinburg University Press, 2019.
Description:x, 310 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Edinburgh critical studies in Shakespeare and philosophy
Edinburgh critical studies in Shakespeare and philosophy.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11774738
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ISBN:1474440266
9781474440264
9781474440295
9781474440288
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other form:ebook version : 9781474440295
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Series Editor's Preface
  • Introduction: On Revenge Tragedy and the Shaping Influence of Classical Philosophy
  • 1. Oeconomia and the Vegetative Soul: Thomas Kyd's Naturalisation of Revenge in The Spanish Tragedy
  • 2. Fixing Moderation: Titus Andronicus and the Aristotelian Determination of Value
  • 3. 'A fine pate full of fine dirt': Hamlet among the Atomists
  • 4. 'Vein by vein': The Pneumatics of Retribution in John Marston's Antonio's Revenge
  • 5. Prohairesis on the Inside: The Duchess of Malfi and Epictetian Volition
  • Epilogue: A Kind of Sensible justice
  • Index