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In Words and Deeds : The Spectacle of Incest in English Renaissance Tragedy by Zenón Luis-Martínez is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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Departing from earlier studies which regarded incest as a literary topos or dramatic metaphor foregrounding political, social, or legal issues, Words and Deeds: The Spectacle of Incest in English Renaissance Tragedy argues that the presence of incest on the Renaissance stage is a strategy for the enactment of the spectator's tragic experience. Incest is explored neither as a sin nor as a crime, but as an "unspeakable" experience filtered through dramatic words and deeds. The incitement of desire
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- Author
- Zenón Luis-Martínez
- Publisher
- Brill | Rodopi
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9789042008441
- Category
- work of literary fiction
- Subjects
- History, Sociology, Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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