GEORGE LILLO’S DOMESTIC TRAGEDY «THE LONDON MERCHANT» – FROM THE DRAMATURGIC TEXT TO THE SOCIAL CONTEXT by M. S. Gallyamova

Subjects: “…domestic tragedy…”
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Public men on public stages: the performance of state authority in popular drama, 1590-1610 by Clarke, LJS

Subjects: “…Domestic tragedies (Drama), English…”

In Defence of Kyd: Evaluating the Claim for Shakespeare’s Part Authorship of Arden of Faversham

“…Jackson’s part ascription has led to the inclusion of the domestic tragedy in The New Oxford Shakespeare. However, Jackson and his New Oxford Shakespeare colleagues have either dismissed or neglected the evidence for Thomas Kyd’s sole authorship presented by other scholars. …”
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No Man is an Island: Shakespeares Othello i skæringspunktet mellem patriarkat og geopolitik by Anne Fastrup

“…Sammendrag Artiklen præsenterer en læsning af Shakespeares tragedie Othello, The Moor of Venice (1603/1604) som en blanding af ”domestic tragedy” og historisk drama om de venetiansk-osmanniske relationer før, under og efter osmannernes erobring af Cypern i 1571. …”
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All for love. Il vendicatore inadeguato in "The Mourning Bride" di William Congreve by Valentina Rossi

“…In termini di trasformazione del genere, The Mourning Bride segna un cruciale momento di passaggio dall’aulicità del dramma eroico della Restaurazione alla composta sensibility della domestic tragedy settecentesca, postulando, nel contempo, la centralità del merito individuale come misura di un mondo governato non più dalla sorte o dal fato ma da un ordinato disegno provvidenziale, con la poetic justice che, coerentemente, in ultimo premierà la virtù dei personaggi blameless e punirà con asprezza i villains Data questa cornice, muovendo dall’analisi della particolare caratterizzazione dei due protagonisti maschili del dramma, Alphonso e Manuel, in cui riverberano echi e riflessi del contesto politico, filosofico e letterario del tempo, il presente contributo individua e approfondisce una delle opposizioni che governano e informano il testo, vale a dire l’antinomia assiologica tra la forza equilibratrice della ragione e la furia dirompente e distruttiva delle passioni, qui emblematizzata e riassunta in un desiderio di vendetta generato da gelosia e odio, tanto violento quanto incapace, poi, di tradursi in azione risolutiva.…”
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Lessing and the German Enlightenment

“…In this extensive study an international team of experts explores Lessing’s contribution to both the German and broader European Enlightenments to reveal:<br/> • the energy and acuity of his critical writing, which made him an exemplar for subsequent German authors;<br/> • the originality and lasting significance of <em>Laocoon</em>, his groundbreaking treatise on aesthetics, which distinguished the domains of poetry and the visual arts, and is still a major point of reference; <br/> • how his reflections on theology and the Bible helped shape a view of Christianity as a historical phenomenon without absolute truth; <br/> • how his Enlightenment curiosity and open-mindedness were nourished by an interest in natural science, particularly astronomy; <br/> • how activities such as his adaptation of English domestic tragedy and his translations of Diderot’s theatrical writings placed him at the heart of the pan- European Enlightenment. …”