Lukas Erne is Professor of English in the Département d'anglais, Université de Genève

'Lukas Erne's study of Kyd is remarkable: it engages straightforwardly with this immensely important playwright and presents a great deal that is substantially original and of real significance. Serious students of English Renaissance drama will certainly find this book indispensable, and as an added bonus, it is a pleasure to read.'Professor Brian Gibbons, General Editor of the New Mermaids

• Introduction1. Don Horatio and The First Part of Hieronimo2. The Spanish Tragedy: an introduction3. The Spanish Tragedy: origins4. The Spanish Tragedy: framing revenge5. The Spanish Tragedy: additions, adaptations, modern stage history6. Hamlet7. Soliman and Perseda: an introduction8. Soliman and Perseda: the play and its making9. Cornelia10. Other works and apocryphaAppendix: Kyd's patronSelect BibliographyIndex

Lukas Erne is Professor of English in the Département d'anglais, Université de Genève

'Lukas Erne's study of Kyd is remarkable: it engages straightforwardly with this immensely important playwright and presents a great deal that is substantially original and of real significance. Serious students of English Renaissance drama will certainly find this book indispensable, and as an added bonus, it is a pleasure to read.'Professor Brian Gibbons, General Editor of the New Mermaids

• Introduction1. Don Horatio and The First Part of Hieronimo2. The Spanish Tragedy: an introduction3. The Spanish Tragedy: origins4. The Spanish Tragedy: framing revenge5. The Spanish Tragedy: additions, adaptations, modern stage history6. Hamlet7. Soliman and Perseda: an introduction8. Soliman and Perseda: the play and its making9. Cornelia10. Other works and apocryphaAppendix: Kyd's patronSelect BibliographyIndex

Lukas Erne is Professor of English in the Département d'anglais, Université de Genève

'Lukas Erne's study of Kyd is remarkable: it engages straightforwardly with this immensely important playwright and presents a great deal that is substantially original and of real significance. Serious students of English Renaissance drama will certainly find this book indispensable, and as an added bonus, it is a pleasure to read.'Professor Brian Gibbons, General Editor of the New Mermaids

• Introduction1. Don Horatio and The First Part of Hieronimo2. The Spanish Tragedy: an introduction3. The Spanish Tragedy: origins4. The Spanish Tragedy: framing revenge5. The Spanish Tragedy: additions, adaptations, modern stage history6. Hamlet7. Soliman and Perseda: an introduction8. Soliman and Perseda: the play and its making9. Cornelia10. Other works and apocryphaAppendix: Kyd's patronSelect BibliographyIndex