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Kyd, Thomas - 1558–94, English dramatist, b. London. The son of a scrivener, he evidently followed his father's profession for a few years. In the 1580s he began writing plays. His literary fame rests on The Spanish Tragedy (c.1586), which initiated an important Elizabethan dramatic genre—the revenge tragedy. Popular throughout the 17th cent., The Spanish Tragedy is notable for its |
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The Spanish Tragedy: A Play » Read Nowby Thomas Kyd, J. Schick. 147 pgs.
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Induction to Tragedy: A Study in a Development of Form in Gorboduc, The Spanish Tragedy and Titus Andronicus (1939) » Read Nowby Howard Baker. 247 pgs.
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Apocalypse & Armada in Kyd's Spanish Tragedy » Read Nowby Frank Ardolino. 192 pgs.
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An Introduction to Tudor Drama (1933) (Chap. VII "Thomas Kyd and the Revenge Tragedies") » Read Nowby Frederick S. Boas. 178 pgs.
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Shakespeare's Contemporaries: Modern Studies in English Renaissance Drama (1961) ("The Theme and Structure of The Spanish Tragedy" begins on p. 46) » Read Nowby Max M. Bluestone, Norman M. Rabkin. 300 pgs.
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Staging the Vernacular: Language and Nation in Thomas Kyd's 'The Spanish Tragedy,' in Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 » Read Nowby Carla Mazzio. 26 pgs.
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Renaissance Historicism: Selections from English Literary Renaissance ("Senecan and Vergilian Perspectives in The Spanish Tragedy" begins on p. 108) » Read Nowby Dan S. Collins, Arthur F. Kinney. 411 pgs.
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Issues of Death: Mortality and Identity in English Renaissance Tragedy ("Kyd and the Ends of Revenge" begins on p. 211) » Read Nowby Michael Neill. 404 pgs.
Collections: Literature, Entire LibraryIssues of Death offers a fresh approach to the tragic drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Starting from the premise that "death" is a historical construct that is differently experienced in every culture, it treats Renaissance tragedy as an instrument for reimagining the human encounter...
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Absorbing Interests: Kyd's Bloody Handkerchief as Palimpsest, in Comparative Drama » Read Nowby Andrew Sofer. 27 pgs.
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The Genesis of Hamlet (1907) (Chap. IV "Kyd and Belleforest") » Read Nowby Charlton M. Lewis, Tucker Brooke. 121 pgs.
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Christopher Marlowe: A Biographical and Critical Study ("Greene and Kyd" begins on p. 236) » Read Nowby Frederick S. Boas. 338 pgs.
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Shakespeare: A Life ("Marlowe, Kyd, and Shoreditch" begins on p. 120) » Read Nowby Park Honan. 479 pgs.
Collections: Literature, Entire LibraryIn the most complete, accurate, and up-to-date narrative of Shakespeare's life ever written, Park Honan uses a wealth of fresh information to dramatically alter our perceptions of the actor, poet, and playwright.
