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Radical Revenge? Revenge tragedy and providential thinking in the Dutch Republic 1638-1678

Radical Revenge? examines the relationship between subject formation and providentialism in Aristotelian tragedies, revenge tragedies and French-classicist tragedies in the Dutch Republic between 1638 and 1678. An attentive reading of the corpus from this cultural-historical perspective should lead to a better understanding of the peculiar position which the revenge tragedy occupies in this misunderstood development phase of Dutch drama.

Date:1 Oct 2018 →  31 Jan 2022
Keywords:Dutch Republic, subject formation, providentialism, Aristotelian theatre, Nil Volentibus Arduum, French-classicist theatre, Revenge tragedy
Disciplines:Early modern literature, Literary criticism, Literatures in Dutch