Tragedy: a short introduction

✍ Scribed by Rebecca W. Bushnell

Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Year: 2008
Tongue: English
Leaves: 152
Series: Blackwell introductions to literature 18
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Tragedy: A Short Introduction reinvigorates the genre for readers who are eager to embrace it, but who often find the traditional masterpieces too distant from their own language and world. Argues that today’s most popular television shows and films thrive on the type of violence, passion, madness, and catastrophe first introduced to the stage in fifth century Athens Offers selected case studies that exemplify the compelling qualities of tragedy Reviews the history of tragic performance and the qualities of the classic tragic hero, and clarifies the role of plot in defining traged Analyzes the difference between a tragedy, a catastrophe, and a mere unhappy ending Explores the past and future of the tragic form

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 5
Illustrations......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 7
Preface......Page 8
CHAPTER 1: Tragic Theaters......Page 11
CHAPTER 2: Tragic Form and Language......Page 42
CHAPTER 3: Tragic Plots......Page 62
CHAPTER 4: Tragic Heroes......Page 94
CHAPTER 5: Tragic History and Tragic Future......Page 116
Plays Cited......Page 133
Bibliography......Page 135
Index......Page 141

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