Tragedy – A Short Introduction
A Short Introduction
Gebonden Engels 2007 9781405130202Samenvatting
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
Specificaties
Lezersrecensies
Inhoudsopgave
<p>Acknowledgments.</p>
<p>Preface.</p>
<p>Chapter 1. Tragic Theaters.</p>
<p>Chapter 2. Tragic Form and Language.</p>
<p>Chapter 3. Tragic Plots.</p>
<p>Chapter 4. Tragic Heroes.</p>
<p>Chapter 5. Tragic History and Tragic Future.</p>
<p>Plays Cited.</p>
<p>Bibliography.</p>
<p>Index</p>
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