JOURNAL ARTICLE

"Nobody in the Renaissance conceived of a revenge quite so delicious": John Dickson Carr's Bencolin Stories and Jacobean Revenge Plays.

  • Published In: Clues: A Journal of Detection (McFarland & Company), 2024, v. 42, n. 1. P. 47 1 of 3

  • Database: Humanities Source Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Hopkins, Lisa 3 of 3

Abstract

This article argues that John Dickson Carr's first four novels about Inspector Henri Bencolin each draw from a different early modern revenge tragedy: It Walks by Night alludes to John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi; Castle Skull borrows names and atmosphere from Henry Chettle's Hoffman; The Lost Gallows nods to Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy; and The Corpse in the Waxworks evokes Thomas Middleton's and William Rowley's The Changeling. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Clues: A Journal of Detection (McFarland & Company). 2024/03, Vol. 42, Issue 1, p47
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Literature and Writing
  • Publication Date:2024
  • ISSN:07424248
  • Accession Number:177811047
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