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Studies the representation of violence in tragedies written for the French stage during the sixteenth century, and explores its connection with issues such as politics, religion, gender, and militantism to place the plays within their historical, cultural, and theatrical contexts.

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Introduction: (Re)Centering Violence in Sixteenth-Century French Tragedy 1: Performance, Ethics, and Poetics of Violence: An Overview 2: Biblical Violence in Catholic and Calvinist Tragedy 3: Women Who Kill 4: State-Inflicted Violence and the Ethics of Suffering 5: The Duke of Guise's Murder and the Imperative of Vengeance Concluding Remarks: Onstage Violence at the Turn of the Seventeenth Century

Onstage Violence in SixteenthCentury French

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      Publisher: Oxford University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 28/10/2021
      ISBN13: 9780192844132, 978-0192844132
      ISBN10: 019284413X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Studies the representation of violence in tragedies written for the French stage during the sixteenth century, and explores its connection with issues such as politics, religion, gender, and militantism to place the plays within their historical, cultural, and theatrical contexts.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction: (Re)Centering Violence in Sixteenth-Century French Tragedy 1: Performance, Ethics, and Poetics of Violence: An Overview 2: Biblical Violence in Catholic and Calvinist Tragedy 3: Women Who Kill 4: State-Inflicted Violence and the Ethics of Suffering 5: The Duke of Guise's Murder and the Imperative of Vengeance Concluding Remarks: Onstage Violence at the Turn of the Seventeenth Century

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