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Radical Tragedy: Religion, Ideology, and Power in the Drama of Shakespeare and His Contemporaries

By Jonathan Dollimore (NHC Fellow, 1988–89)

Tragedy; Ideology; Renaissance Period; Drama; William Shakespeare

New York: Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1989

From the publisher’s description:

When it was first published, Radical Tragedy was hailed as a groundbreaking reassessment of the drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. An engaged reading of the past with compelling contemporary significance, Radical Tragedy remains a landmark study of Renaissance drama. The third edition of this critically acclaimed work includes a new foreword by Terry Eagleton and an extensive new introduction by the author.

Subjects
Literature / Theater / Literary Criticism / Tragedy / Ideology / Renaissance Period / Drama / William Shakespeare /

Dollimore, Jonathan (NHC Fellow, 1988–89). Radical Tragedy: Religion, Ideology, and Power in the Drama of Shakespeare and His Contemporaries. New York: Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1989.