Description |
xii, 315 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Summary |
Tragedy in Transition is an innovative and exciting introduction to the theory and practice of tragedy. |
Contents |
Introduction: Tragedy in Transition / Sarah Annes Brown -- 1. Trojan Suffering, Tragic Gods, and Transhistorical Metaphysics / Edith Hall -- 2. Hardcore Tragedy / Ewan Fernie -- 3. Tragedy and Disgust / Robert Douglas-Fairhurst -- 4. Tragedy and the Sign of the Eclipse / Anne C. Henry -- 5. Jonson's Too Roman Plays: From Julius Caesar to Sejanus and Catiline / John Henderson -- 6. Neoclassicisms / Raphael Lyne -- 7. Tragedy and Exile / Jennifer Wallace -- 8. Narratives of Tragic Empathy: Prometheus Bound and Frankenstein / Vanda Zajko -- 9. Tragedy and Childhood / Peter Hollindale -- 10. Parricide versus Filicide: Oedipus and Medea on the Modern Stage / Fiona Macintosh -- 11. "Suffering into Wisdom": The Tragedy of Wilde / Alison Hennegan -- 12. Tarzan of Athens, Dionysus in Africa: Wilson Knight and Wole Soyinka / Neil Rhodes -- 13. Postmodern Tragedy? Returning to John Ford / Mark Houlahan -- 14. Tragedy and the Future / Rowland Wymer |
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Afterword: Ending Tragedy / Catherine Silverstone |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Tragedy -- History and criticism.
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Author |
Brown, Sarah Annes.
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Silverstone, Catherine.
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LC no. |
2007010739 |
ISBN |
9781405135467 cased |
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1405135468 cased |
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