Four revenge tragedies The Spanish tragedy / Thomas Kyd ; The revenger's tragedy / Thomas Middleton ; The revenge of Bussy D'Ambois / George Chapman ; The atheist's tragedy / Cyril Tourneur
(Adult Book)

Originally published: 1995

Includes bibliographical references

The revenge tragedy flourished in Britain in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Each of the four plays here defines the problems of the revenge genre, and deals with fundamental moral questions about justice and the individual, while registering the strains of life in an increasingly fragile social hierarchy.