Elizabethan Revenge Tragedy, 1587-1642 |
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... wife and adulterer on discovery was part of the early law of every land , but the number of instances and the ... wife's fidelity was vastly different from that given by the firm foundation of courtship and betrothal in more northern ...
... wife and adulterer on discovery was part of the early law of every land , but the number of instances and the ... wife's fidelity was vastly different from that given by the firm foundation of courtship and betrothal in more northern ...
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... wife's lover and forced her to drink daily from his skull and to live with his skeleton ( tome I , novel lvii ) . In another ( tome I , novel lviii ) the husband finds his wife guilty of adultery and secretly poisons her . The story of ...
... wife's lover and forced her to drink daily from his skull and to live with his skeleton ( tome I , novel lvii ) . In another ( tome I , novel lviii ) the husband finds his wife guilty of adultery and secretly poisons her . The story of ...
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... wife poisons her maid for a suspected adultery with her husband , and then when the husband leaves her , has him assassi- nated in revenge . An insulted wife in book IV , history xix , spurs her husband to revenge her , and when he is ...
... wife poisons her maid for a suspected adultery with her husband , and then when the husband leaves her , has him assassi- nated in revenge . An insulted wife in book IV , history xix , spurs her husband to revenge her , and when he is ...
Contents
The Background of the Tragedies | 41 |
The Spanish Tragedy and the UrHamlet | 62 |
The School of Kyd ΙΟΙ | 101 |
Copyright | |
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