Renaissance Discovery of Violence, from Boccaccio to Shakespeare, Hardcover by Appelbaum, Robert, ISBN 1839981474, ISBN-13 9781839981470, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US

<p>This study looks at key Renaissance texts in the novelle collection, the humanist satire, epic-romance, and vernacular tragedy. It places both violence and its representations in the context of major historical events, like the Sack of Rome, and developments in the history of violence per se.</p>