Book contents
- Performing Ethics in English Revenge Drama
- Performing Ethics in English Revenge Drama
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Plot Holes and Empty Spaces
- Chapter 2 Dramatic Hyperboles
- Chapter 3 Wild Child’s Play
- Chapter 4 Marking the Ground of Revenge
- Chapter 5 Ghosting Shakespeare’s Hamlet
- Chapter 6 Passive Aggressors
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
Introduction
The Mimetic Ethical Exercise
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 July 2024
- Performing Ethics in English Revenge Drama
- Performing Ethics in English Revenge Drama
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Plot Holes and Empty Spaces
- Chapter 2 Dramatic Hyperboles
- Chapter 3 Wild Child’s Play
- Chapter 4 Marking the Ground of Revenge
- Chapter 5 Ghosting Shakespeare’s Hamlet
- Chapter 6 Passive Aggressors
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The Introduction sets out the study’s main claims and methodological approach and explains the wide use in this study of the term ’mimetic ethical exercises’. In the process, it explains the distinction drawn in this study between ethics and religious morality. Finally, the Introduction addresses the question of genre and theatricality when studying early modern examples of English revenge plays and explains what is unique about the plays selected for analysis.
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- Performing Ethics in English Revenge DramaWild Play, pp. 1 - 46Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024