{"product_id":"atrocity-and-early-modern-drama-9781350272392","title":"Atrocity and Early Modern Drama","description":"\u003cp\u003eExtreme violence scarred the early modern period. Contemporary commentators grappled to find language to categorize the massacres, genocides, assassinations, enslavements, sacks, rapes, riots and regicides that characterized the period. Some used 'outrages', others 'cruelties', but, significantly, the term 'atrocity' that we use today gained the most currency. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAtrocity and Early Modern Drama\u003c\/i\u003e intervenes in the broad field of violence and early modern drama by placing acts of atrocity at its centre. In doing so, this essay collection offers the first book-length examination of atrocities and early modern English drama. The volume considers atrocity in early theatre, its varied representations in contemporary Shakespeare performance, and strategies for teaching early modern atrocity drama. Contributors introduce us to atrocity in the works of Shakespeare, John Fletcher, William Rowley, Thomas Dekker and Thomas Middleton across a range of forms including comedy, tragedy, revenge, cinematic adaptation, documentary film and contemporary theatre. The collection addresses the intersections of atrocities through class, crime, gender, race and the natural world. Together, the chapters interrogate how early modern English drama reflects upon and shapes understandings of the historically contingent, politically loaded and culturally contentious phenomena of atrocity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor in the department of English, Culture, and Communication at the Royal Military College of Canada. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorgina Lucas\u003c\/b\u003e is a Lecturer in English Literature at Edinburgh Napier University, UK.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Arden Shakespeare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51201473872146,"sku":"9781350272392","price":120.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2929d8cb-9b2e-45c2-b575-68af288235ae.jpg?v=1744913010","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/atrocity-and-early-modern-drama-9781350272392","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}