by Thomas Kyd · A & C Black Publishers Ltd · tapa dura · ISBN 9780713626933
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«The Spanish Tragedy» is the Elizabethan revenge tragedy by Thomas Kyd, published by A & C Black Publishers Ltd in hardcover (192 pages, in English).
A pioneering Elizabethan revenge tragedy, it follows Hieronimo, who seeks to punish the murder of his son Horatio. His grief leads him to madness and bloody personal justice, in a court of betrayals and intrigues; its influence extends to later works such as Hamlet.
Work written between 1582 and 1592. 1985 edition of the New Mermaids series, edited by J.R. Mulryne, with introduction and notes.
For students of English literature and Elizabethan theatre, and for readers interested in the evolution of the tragic genre.
Thomas Kyd was an English playwright, the author of The Spanish Tragedy, and one of the most important figures in the development of Elizabethan drama.
