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Family and the State in Early Modern Revenge Drama: Economies of Vengeance

2012 Taylor & Francis ;ISBN: 0367866641 ;ISBN: 0415807751 ;ISBN: 9780415807753 ;ISBN: 9780367866648 ;EISBN: 9781136496295 ;EISBN: 9780203141120 ;EISBN: 1136496289 ;EISBN: 9781136496288 ;EISBN: 0203141121 ;EISBN: 1136496297 ;EISBN: 0415807751 ;EISBN: 9780415807753 ;DOI: 10.4324/9780203141120 ;OCLC: 823387086

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  • Title:
    Family and the State in Early Modern Revenge Drama: Economies of Vengeance
  • Author: McMahon, Chris
  • Subjects: 17th century ; Drama ; Drama and the Theatre ; Drama Genres ; Early Modern ; Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 ; English drama ; English Literature ; Families in literature ; Family Relations ; Hamlet ; History and criticism ; Literature ; Politics in literature ; Renaissance Literature ; Revenge ; Revenge in literature ; Revenge Tragedy ; Separate Works ; Shakespeare ; Sixteenth Century ; State, The ; William Shakespeare
  • Description: In this book, McMahon considers Early Modern revenge plays from a political science perspective, paying particular attention to the construction of family and state institutions. Plays set for close study are The Spanish Tragedy, Hamlet, The Revenger's Tragedy, The Malcontent and The Duchess of Malfi. The plays are read as unique events occupying positions in historical process concerning the privatisation of the family (by means of symbolism and concrete household strategies such as budgeting and surveillance) and the subsequent appropriation of the family and its methods by the state. The effect is that family becomes an unofficial organ of the state. This process, however, also involves the reform of the state along lines demanded by the private family. McMahon's critical method, derived from the theory of Bourdieu, Bataille, and Girard, maps capital transactions to reveal emotionally charged, often idiosyncratic responses to issues of shared concern. Such issues include state corruption, the management of women, the performance of roles according to gender, the uses of surveillance, and the ethics of sacrifice.
  • Publisher: Oxford: Routledge
  • Creation Date: 2012
  • Format: 8
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISBN: 0367866641
    ISBN: 0415807751
    ISBN: 9780415807753
    ISBN: 9780367866648
    EISBN: 9781136496295
    EISBN: 9780203141120
    EISBN: 1136496289
    EISBN: 9781136496288
    EISBN: 0203141121
    EISBN: 1136496297
    EISBN: 0415807751
    EISBN: 9780415807753
    DOI: 10.4324/9780203141120
    OCLC: 823387086
  • Source: Ebook Central Academic Complete
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