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Tragedy : a very short introduction / Adrian Poole.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Poole, Adrian.
- Series:
- Very short introductions.
- Very short introductions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tragedy.
- Tragic, The.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 147 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
- Summary:
- What has tragedy been made to mean by dramatists, story-tellers critics, philosophers, politicians, and journalists? This work shows the relevance of tragedy to the modern world, and extends beyond drama and literature into visual art and everyday experience.
- Contents:
- Who needs it?
- Once upon a time
- The living dead
- Who's to blame?
- Big ideas
- No laughing matter
- Words, words, words
- Timing
- Endings.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-140) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-151657-0
- 1-281-34660-8
- 9786611346607
- 1-4356-0548-9
- OCLC:
- 476259008
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