Titus Andronicus by Professor Curtis Perry - ISBN: 9781350078406
Paperback
Shakespeare’s bloodiest tragedy: war, revenge, mutilation, and cannibalism.

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    352 pages

  • Release Date

    25 June 2026

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Summary

The bloodiest and brashest of Shakespeare’s plays, this revenge tragedy begins with war and ends in mutilation and cannibalism.

Acts of war and sexual violence across borders and within families highlight the importance of empire, Blackness and gender, alongside the familial and literal blood which characterise early modern and contemporary performance.

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Book Details

ISBN-13:9781350078406
ISBN-10:1350078409
Author:Professor Curtis Perry, Professor Ayanna Thompson, William Shakespeare
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:The Arden Shakespeare
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:25 June 2026
Weight:361g
Dimensions:214mm x 136mm x 26mm
Series:The Arden Shakespeare Fourth Series
About The Author

Professor Curtis Perry

Curtis Perry is Professor of English at the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, USA, where he also holds faculty-affiliate status in Classics, Medieval Studies, and Criticism and Interpretive Theory. His publications include Literature and Favoritism in Early Modern England (2006) and The Making of Jacobean Culture: James I and the Renegotiation of Elizabethan Literary Practice (1997).

Ayanna Thompson is Regents Professor of English at Arizona State University, USA. She is the author of Blackface (Bloomsbury Academic, 2021), Shakespeare in the Theatre: Peter Sellars (The Arden Shakespeare, 2018), Teaching Shakespeare with Purpose: A Student-Centred Approach (The Arden Shakespeare, 2016), Passing Strange: Shakespeare, Race, and Contemporary America (2011) and Performing Race and Torture on the Early Modern Stage (2008).

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