Titus Andronicus av William Shakespeare

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''Vengeance is in my heart, death in my hand,Blood and revenge are hammering in my head.''In Shakespeare''s first tragedy, Titus Andronicus, the Roman general Titus incurs the wrath of the Queen of the Goths when he enslaves her and kills one of her sons. The shocking violence of her revenge and his retaliation earn Titus its reputation as Shakespeare''s bloodiest play. This New Oxford Shakespeare edition offers a range of critical approaches to the play, considering its initial popularity in the theatre, the authors'' engagement with narrative sources and Roman history, and the ongoing problems scholars and theatremakers have had with the play''s presentation of violence, rape, and racial difference. Throughout, it incorporates up-to-date scholarship and close readings of a number of landmark productions to consider the play''s place in Shakespeare''s canon and to illustrate Titus Andronicus''s enduring value in interrogating some of wider culture''s darkest and most challenging conce