The Horror Plays of the English Restoration
Anne Hermanson
Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2021
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Tropes of monstrosity, madness, venereal disease, incest and atheism define a group of macabre plays which burst onto the London stage in the 1670s. Dubbed the ’horror’ or the ’blood and torture villain tragedies’ by modern critics, these deeply unsettling plays fascinated contemporary audiences. Hermanson's study marks the first comprehensive inve
- ISBN-13
- 9781032098852
- ISBN-10
- 1032098856
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Year
- 2021
- Publication date
- 2021-06-30
- Pages
- 196
- Dimensions
- 234x156x
- Weight
- 360