The Cambridge introduction to tragedy / Jennifer Wallace.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wallace, Jennifer.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Cambridge introductions to literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tragedy.

European drama (Tragedy)--History and criticism.

European drama (Tragedy).

Physical Description:

viii, 243 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

Introduction to tragedy

Tragedy

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Summary:

Tragedy is the art-form created to confront the most difficult experiences we face: death, loss, injustice, thwarted passion, despair. From ancient Greek theatre up to the most recent plays, playwrights have found, in tragic drama, a means to seek explanation for disaster. But tragedy is also a word we continually encounter in the media, to denote an event which is simply devastating in its emotional power. This engaging introduction provides an overview of the tragic theatre canon - including chapters on the Greeks, Shakespeare, Ibsen and Chekhov, American tragedy and post-colonial drama - and brings a wide spectrum of examples, from both literature and life, into the discussion of this emotional and frequently controversial subject. Detailed chapters on both ancient and modern tragedy, allowing readers to draw comparisons across centuries.

Contents:

Approaching the subject

Tragic drama

Tragic theory

Non-dramatic tragedy

Coda : tragic sites.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-234) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9780521855396

052185539X

9780521671491

0521671493

OCLC:

76836106

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