From Homer to Nietzsche, from St Paul to Sylvia Plath, authors have been fascinated by vengeance, its emotional intensity, and questions it raises about violenc... » 

From Homer to Nietzsche, from St Paul to Sylvia Plath, authors have been fascinated by vengeance, its emotional intensity, and questions it raises about violence, sexuality, death, and the nature of justice. This book explores vengeance in literature from Greek tragedy to postmodernism. «