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Family and the State in Early Modern Revenge Drama - Economies of Vengeance (Paperback)
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Family and the State in Early Modern Revenge Drama - Economies of Vengeance (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture
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In this book, McMahon considers Early Modern revenge plays from a
political science perspective, paying particular attention to the
construction of family and state institutions. Plays set for close
study are The Spanish Tragedy, Hamlet, The Revenger's Tragedy, The
Malcontent and The Duchess of Malfi. The plays are read as unique
events occupying positions in historical process concerning the
privatisation of the family (by means of symbolism and concrete
household strategies such as budgeting and surveillance) and the
subsequent appropriation of the family and its methods by the
state. The effect is that family becomes an unofficial organ of the
state. This process, however, also involves the reform of the state
along lines demanded by the private family. McMahon's critical
method, derived from the theory of Bourdieu, Bataille, and Girard,
maps capital transactions to reveal emotionally charged, often
idiosyncratic responses to issues of shared concern. Such issues
include state corruption, the management of women, the performance
of roles according to gender, the uses of surveillance, and the
ethics of sacrifice.
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