
	Where results make sense

Topic: The Spanish Tragedy

	SparkNotes: Spanish Tragedy: Context (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Tragedy had first achieved greatness in ancient Greece, in Attica (the region surrounding Athens), where it developed out of religious festivals that celebrated the cult of the god Dionysus.
		This brief flowering of tragedy was followed by an extremely long hiatus during which tragedy was virtually absent from the drama of the Western world, with the exception of some crude Roman attempts to imitate the Greek masters.
		And tragedy was almost entirely absent from the Christian drama, which generally tended to focus on celebrating the morality of Christ or, especially in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, inculcating morals through the use of morality plays.
	www.sparknotes.com /drama/spanishtragedy/context.html (1235 words)

	Hamlet and His Problems. Eliot, T. S. 1920. The Sacred Wood
		Furthermore, there are verbal parallels so close to the Spanish Tragedy as to leave no doubt that in places Shakespeare was merely revising the text of Kyd.
		And finally there are unexplained scenes—the Polonius-Laertes and the Polonius-Reynaldo scenes—for which there is little excuse; these scenes are not in the verse style of Kyd, and not beyond doubt in the style of Shakespeare.
		It is not merely the "guilt of a mother" that cannot be handled as Shakespeare handled the suspicion of Othello, the infatuation of Antony, or the pride of Coriolanus.
	www.bartleby.com /200/sw9.html (1593 words)

	THOMAS KYD - LoveToKnow Article on THOMAS KYD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The full title runs, The Spanish Tragedie containing the Lamentable End of Don Horatio and Bel-iinperia; with the Pitiful Death of Old Hieronimo, and the play is commonly referred to by Henslowe and other contemporaries as Hieronimo.
		Kyds next work was in all probability the tragedy of Soliman and Perseda, written perhaps in 1588 and licensed for the press in 1592, which, although anonymous, is assigned to him on strong internal evidence by Mr Boas.
		Curiously enough, The Spanish Tragedy, which was the earliest stage-play of the great period, was also the most popular, and held its own right through the careers of Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, and Fletcher.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /K/KY/KYD_THOMAS.htm (1675 words)

	Thomas Kyd - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Thomas Kyd (1558 - 1594) was an English dramatist, the author of The Spanish Tragedy, and one of the most important figures in the development of Elizabethan drama.
		The earliest surviving edition was printed in 1592; the full title being, The Spanish Tragedie, Containing the lamentable end of Don Horatio, and Bel-imperia: with the pittifull death of olde Hieronimo.
		Versions of The Spanish Tragedy and his Hamlet were popular in Germany and the Netherlands for generations.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thomas_Kyd (987 words)

	tragedy -> Renaissance and Later Tragedy on Encyclopedia.com 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Roman works are significant not for their intrinsic grandeur but for their usefulness as models for such Renaissance dramas as Christopher Marlowe 's Tamburlaine (1587) and Thomas Kyd 's The Spanish Tragedy (1594), often cited as the first revenge tragedy.
		The Influence of Spenser's Faerie Queene on Kyd's Spanish Tragedy.
		The Kentucky tragedy and the transformation of politics in the early American Republic.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/tragedy_renaissanceandlatertragedy.asp (659 words)

	"Suspended Judgment": A Times Editorial on the Maine Tragedy
		The meager accounts gathered from curt official dispatches and censored press messages indicate that the officers and men who were left alive behaved themselves like American sailors, stuck by their ship and comrades, and were brave, cool, and efficient in the presence of dreadful and sudden disaster.
		The Spanish authorities in Havana and Madrid have profusely expressed regret and sympathy, have tendered kindly offices, and have bestowed them whenever possible.
		The people of Havana are reported to have done all they could to help the survivors and to show their sorrow for the dead.
	historymatters.gmu.edu /d/5472 (1075 words)

	Seneca, the younger, c.3 B.C.-A.D. 65, Roman philosopher, dramatist, and statesman. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth ...
		The most influential of his works, at least in so far as European literature is concerned, were his tragedies.
		His atmosphere of gloom, his horrors, his rhetoric and bombast, his stoicism, were all essential contributions to the forming of Renaissance tragedy.
		The most significant play influenced by Seneca was Thomas Kyd’s The Spanish Tragedy.
	www.bartleby.com /65/se/SenecaY.html (472 words)

	EMLS 8.2 (September, 2002]: 17.1-20 Review of Lukas Erne, Beyond the Spanish Tragedy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Spanish Tragedy, perhaps the most popular and influential play of the period, has been attributed to Kyd on the strength of an obscure reference in Thomas Heywood's Apology for Actors (1612), which itself was not discovered until 1773.
		The A text is the older of the two and was written at the time of the composition of The Spanish Tragedy as part of the forepiece Don Horatio and may have been by Kyd or is at least Kydian(?).
		Ultimately, this is a sad book because, although the author demonstrates an energetic and informed desire to provide a new and comprehensive assessment of Kyd's career and canon and does succeed in the areas I have indicated, he is, in the main, undermined by his fascination for conjecture and speculation.
	www.shu.ac.uk /schools/cs/emls/08-2/ardorev.html (2053 words)

	Breamster.com \| Spanish tragedy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Spanish officials are blaming terrorists from the Basque separatist group ETA for the attack, but so far, there has been no claim of responsibility.
		The Spanish Ambassador to the U.S., Javier Ruperez, said the incident was "in a way" Spain's September 11, referring to the terror attacks in the U.S. in 2001.
		Survivors described scenes of chaos and panic in the Spanish capital.
	www.breamster.com /articles/EpZApkpFAp.php (422 words)

	Thomas Kyd Biography / Biography of Thomas Kyd Main Biography
		The English dramatist Thomas Kyd (1558-1594) is best known for "The Spanish Tragedy," a play that was a great popular success and did much to influence the course of English tragedy of the late Renaissance.
		It is the earliest example in English of the "revenge play," or "tragedy of blood," which was later developed and refined by such dramatists as Shakespeare, George Chapman, and John Webster.
		Its exciting action culminates in a cleverly contrived scene in which the protagonist stages a "play" which turns out to be horrifyingly real: the "actors" use their swords in earnest, with the result that all principal characters--heroes and villains--are disposed of in a spectacularly bloody fashion.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/thomas-kyd (548 words)

	Spanish Tragedy Bibliography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Coursen, H.R. "The Unity of The Spanish Tragedy", SP 65(1968), 768-82.
		Hammersmith, J.P. "The Death of Castile in The Spanish Tragedy", Renaissance Drama 16(1985), 1-16.
		Justice, Steven, "Spain, Tragedy, and The Spanish Tragedy", SEL 25(1985), 271-88.
	flash.lakeheadu.ca /~jrichard/spt.html (303 words)

	spanish tragedy short summary thomas kyd: 24-7essayshelp.com- 24/7 essays help, 24/7 term papers help, 24/7 research ...
		On 24-7essayshelp.com there are hundreds of free essay abstracts written by your fellow college students on spanish tragedy short summary thomas kyd.
		All of the essay abstracts on spanish tragedy short summary thomas kyd can be instantly downloaded from 24-7essayshelp.com.
		If you can’t find the right free essay on spanish tragedy short summary thomas kyd, we will be happy to provide you with a custom essay that you need.
	24-7essayshelp.com /term-papers/4735/spanish-tragedy-short-summary-thomas-kyd.html (446 words)

	Beyond the Spanish Tragedy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Spanish Tragedy is not without stylistic and structural faults, but it remains remarkably coherent by comparison with the other surviving dramas of the 1580s, even in the textually corrupted form in which it has been transmitted.
		The Kydian part, which is continuous with The Spanish Tragedy, reveals Kyd as a practitioner of the two-part play on a footing with Marlowe.
		The Tragedy occupies four chapters, which include some fine remarks on its counterpointing of the 'supernatural and human theatres' and on its stylistic variety -- a relief after the critical clichés about its 'monotony'.
	www.unine.ch /anglais/PersonalPages/Erne/Content%20etc%20Spanish%20Tragedy.htm (1153 words)

	Renaissance tragedy and investigator heroes
		The role of the investigator in Renaissance tragedy, with special reference to Shakespeare's Hamlet and Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy
		But although there is no real mystery in the tragedies of Shakespeare and Thomas Kyd, the figure of the investigator features prominently.
		In Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy we have Hieronimo taking up the role of the investigator to unravel the mystery of his son's death, and in Hamlet, Hamlet acts as an investigator to avenge his dead father.
	www.literature-study-online.com /essays/renaissance_tragedy_investigators.html (2314 words)

	Hamlet essays - Madness and Insanity in The Spanish Tragedy and Hamlet
		The role that madness plays in The Spanish Tragedy and in Hamlet, indeed in all revenge tragedies, is a vital one; it provides an opportunity for the malcontent to be converted by the environment into the avenger.
		Or as Hieronimo put it in The Spanish Tragedy, while holding a noose (this is to symbolise suicide, which is the ultimate form of withdrawal from the world) and a dagger (the tool that is most appropriate for the avenger to interact with the world with):
		She is not the main revenger in The Spanish Tragedy, but is clearly an ally to Heironimo: it is Bel-Imperia that provides the stimulus (the letter that falls from the sky, written in red ink) that transforms Heironimo from being just a malcontent into an avenger.
	www.123helpme.com /view.asp?id=7821 (2137 words)

	revenge tragedy -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		With The Spanish Tragedy, the English playwright Thomas Kyd initiated the popular dramatic form of his day known as the revenge tragedy.
		The English dramatist John Ford was known for his so-called revenge tragedies, characterized by scenes of stark beauty, insight into human passions, and poetic diction of a high order.
		A tragedy in five acts, it relates the story of Barabas, a power-hungry man of business who uses his financial skills as well as trickery to advance in Malta's villainous Christian...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9063348 (901 words)

	Discuss the role of madness in the delay of revenge in the Spanish Tragedy and in Hamlet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The role that madness plays in almost all revenge tragedies, is a vital one; it provides a framework for the malcontent to be converted by the environment into the avenger.
		In almost all revenge tragedies, the malcontent takes the form of a renaissance man or woman who is confronted with a problem (the crime that has to be avenged).
		It is interesting to note the role that soliloquies have in the revenge tragedy; they are predominantly used by characters who are in a state of indecision when faced with the central dilemma of the revenge tragedy.
	www.mtsn.org.uk /acdepts/english/hamlet/RevengerandMachiavel.htm (1846 words)

	Medizinstudium in Kiel --- Informationen von med-service.net ->The Spanish Tragedy (Nick Hern Books Drama Classics)
		"The Spanish Tragedy" is one of the rarest books of its kind, which has revenge as its central theme, and though it portrays other themes, they all, essentially are secondary to the main theme.
		The Spanish Tragedy opens after the Spanish army has just defeated the Portugease in battle, capturing the latter's prince, Balthazar.
		At the Spanish court Balthazar falls in love with Bel-imperia, Lorenzo's sister, who is already in love with Horatio, Hieronimo's son.
	www.med-service.net /preis-1854593773.html (718 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: The Spanish Tragedy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		J.R. Mulryne's edition of The Spanish* Tragedy* is without a doubt the best that may at present be bought: informative, helpful, intelligent and accurate in introducing the text, presenting it, and glossing difficult words and phrases where necessary.
		The Spanish Tragedy is not mentioned in Francis Meres's list of Shakespeare's plays made in 1598; and at the very latest The Spanish Tragedy was in existence by 1592, when it was published, and performed as an old play by Henslowe.
		I agree that the Spanish Tragedy is worthy of frequent theatrical performance.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/1419183141 (926 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| At least two dead in Spanish rail tragedy
		At least two people were confirmed dead and some 42 people were injured in the collision close to the town of Chinchilla.
		An unnamed town hall official told Spanish national radio there were a number of bodies inside the flaming wreckage.
		Reporters arriving at the scene were handed masks by local authorities after the goods train was initially thought to have been transporting sulphuric acid.
	www.guardian.co.uk /spain/article/0,2763,970070,00.html (263 words)

	Thomas Kyd (1558-1594) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Inspired by the tragedies of Seneca, it tells the story of Horatio, the only son of the marshal of Spain, who falls in love with the beautiful Belimperia but is murdered by the Prince of Portugal and by Belimperia's brother Lorenzo who wants her to marry the Prince.
		Before she is whisked away by her brother, Belimperia manages to send Horatio's grief-stricken father a letter using her own blood for ink, and the old man soon sets out to avenge his son's death, feigning madness--like Hamlet--to avoid suspicion.
		In this surprisingly modern drama, Alice, the wife of the respectable gentleman Arden, betrays her husband with the lower-class Mosbie, then prevails upon the latter to rid her of the former.
	www.imagi-nation.com /moonstruck/clsc25.html (534 words)

	The Spanish Tragedy
		This document was originally published in Minute History of the Drama.
		NDREA, a Spanish courtier, has been killed in battle by Balthazar, Prince of Portugal.
		- An index of monologues from "The Spanish Tragedy."
	www.theatrehistory.com /british/kyd002.html (451 words)

	hamlet the spanish tragedy: juniorcollegeessays.com- junior college essays, term papers, book reports, research papers
		On juniorcollegeessays.com there are hundreds of free essay abstracts written by your fellow college students on hamlet the spanish tragedy.
		All of the essay abstracts on hamlet the spanish tragedy can be instantly downloaded from juniorcollegeessays.com.
		If you can't find the right free essay on hamlet the spanish tragedy, we will be happy to provide you with a custom essay that you need.
	www.juniorcollegeessays.com /term-papers/352138/hamlet-the-spanish-tragedy.html (413 words)

	The Spanish Tragedy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		However, he laments the fact that his life and thereby his love was cut short when he was killed in battle in the war between Spain (his native land) and Portugal.
		Pluto agrees, and Prosperence comissions Revenge to convey Andrea back tot he land of the living, where Andrea will be allowed to witness his revenge (though Revenge labels it a tragedy).
		This play is one of the earliest known English tragedies.
	students.uwsp.edu /bkrom898/K_SOFA/english/ENG366_files/366PS_spanishtragedy.htm (345 words)

	The Spanish Tragedy
		Hieronimo wrote a tragedy when he was a student in Toledo, and he invites Balthazar and Lorenzo to accept parts in the play.
		At Balthazar's request, Hieronimo explains the "argument" (IV.i.107): the Spanish chronicles tell of a knight of Rhodes and his Italian wife, Perseda, whose beauty inspired the lust of the chief wedding guest, Soliman, who had the knight murdered by his courtier.
		The King and Viceroy, with their royal lines wiped out, are left to walk about the corpses and lament the tragedy.
	www.wsu.edu /~delahoyd/shakespeare/spanish4.html (1067 words)

	[EMLS 7.3 (January, 2002]: 4.1-70 The Influence of Spenser's Faerie Queene on Kyd's Spanish Tragedy
		The Spanish Tragedy, one of the most popular plays of the Elizabethan theatre, was the first important revenge tragedy which initiated and influenced the genre of revenge tragedies in the next two decades, including Hamlet (Smith 129).
		Although most critics date The Spanish Tragedy before the appearance of The Faerie Queene, it is possible that Kyd saw an early manuscript of The Faerie Queene, which was mentioned in the correspondence between Harvey and Spenser in 1580.
		The plot and structure of The Spanish Tragedy are built on the interplay between discord and concord.
	www.shu.ac.uk /emls/07-3/ardofaer.htm (9403 words)

	Thomas Kyd - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Spanish Tragedy was probably written in the mid to late 1580s.
		Thomas Kyd and The Spanish Tragedy (http://facstaff.uwa.edu/rmu/kyd.htm) (University of West Alabama)
		Perverse justice in Kyd's Spanish Tragedy, by John Nettles (http://parallel.park.uga.edu/~jnettles/kyd.html) (University of Georgia)
	www.free-definition.com /Thomas-Kyd.html (945 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)