The Massacre at Paris - The Revels Plays

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.

ISBN:	9781526117755
Publisher:	Manchester University Press
Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Published date:	03 Aug 2021
DEWEY:	822.3
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	192
Weight:	336g
Height:	146mm
Width:	222mm
Spine width:	18mm

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