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Španska tragedija kao arhetipski predstavnik žanra tragedije osvete
The Spanish Tragedy as the Archetypal Revenge Play

Author(s): Mirza Čerkez
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Univerzitet u Sarajevu
Keywords: Spanish Tragedy; Seneca; madness; Thomas Kyd; revenge play

Summary/Abstract: In this paper, the author will examine circumstances and the development of revenge play genre in the English Renaissance literature. He will present as well the overview of the genre’s peculiarities on the example of “The Spanish Tragedy” by Thomas Kyd as the archetypal revenge play.

  • Issue Year: LIII/2012
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 111-123
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Bosnian