The Massacre at Paris : By Christopher Marlowe Hardback
Edited by Mathew R. Martin
Part of the The Revels Plays series
Hardback
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This volume presents a modernised edition of Christopher Marlowe’s critical engagement with one of the bloodiest and traumatic episodes of the French Wars of Religion, the wholesale massacre of French Huguenots in Paris in August, 1572.
Sensorily shocking and intellectually gripping, the play’s dramatic action spans a tumultuous two decades in French history to unfold for its audience the tragic consequences of religious fanaticism, power politics, and dynastic rivalry. Comprehensively introduced and containing full commentary notes, this edition opens up this frequently neglected but historically significant and dramatically powerful play to student and scholar alike.
The introduction examines such topics as the history of the massacre, the play’s treatment of its sources, the play’s dramatisation of trauma, and the play’s exploration of notions of religious toleration. -- .
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:168 pages
- Publisher:Manchester University Press
- Publication Date:03/08/2021
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- ISBN:9781526117755
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:168 pages
- Publisher:Manchester University Press
- Publication Date:03/08/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9781526117755
