| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 346 pages) |
| Contents |
David Hare: the work of mourning, or, the agony and the ecstasy of the bourgeoisie -- Howard Barker: will and desire -- from the tragedy of socialism to the ecstasy of the unconscious -- Edward Bond: tragedy and postmodernity, or, the Promethean impulse -- Caryl Churchill: the Dionysian Möbius strip -- New English tragedians: the tragedy of the tragic |
| Summary |
The Politics and Poetics of Contemporary English Tragedy is a detailed study of the idea of the tragic in the political plays of David Hare, Howard Barker, Edward Bond, Caryl Churchill, Mark Ravenhill, Sarah Kane, and Jez Butterworth |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-334) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
English drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism
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English drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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English drama -- 21st century -- History and criticism
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Politics in literature.
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Loss (Psychology) in literature.
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Self in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Drama.
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DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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English drama
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English drama (Tragedy)
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Loss (Psychology) in literature
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Politics in literature
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Self in literature
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Tragödie
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Englisch
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Englisch.
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Tragödie.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1442663502 |
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9781442663503 |
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