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Record Nr.

UNISA996199127503316

Titolo

Tragedy in transition / / edited by Sarah Annes Brown and Catherine Silverstone

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2007

ISBN

1-281-31898-1

9786611318987

1-4051-7751-9

0-470-69202-2

0-470-69130-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (330 p.)

Classificazione

08.41

Disciplina

809.9162

809/.9162

Soggetti

Tragedy - History and criticism

Drama - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-307) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Tragedy in Transition; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Preface; Introduction: Tragedy in Transition; 1: Trojan Suffering, Tragic Gods, and Transhistorical Metaphysics; 2: Hardcore Tragedy; 3: Tragedy and Disgust; 4: Tragedy and the Sign of the Eclipse; 5: Jonson's Too Roman Plays: From Julius Caesar to Sejanus and Catiline; 6: Neoclassicisms; 7: Tragedy and Exile; 8: Narratives of Tragic Empathy: Prometheus Bound and Frankenstein; 9: Tragedy and Childhood; 10: Parricide versus Filicide: Oedipus and Medea on the Modern Stage; 11: ''Suffering into Wisdom'': The Tragedy of Wilde

12: Tarzan of Athens, Dionysus in Africa: Wilson Knight and Wole Soyinka13: Postmodern Tragedy? Returning to John Ford; 14: Tragedy and the Future; Afterword: Ending Tragedy; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Tragedy in Transition is an innovative and exciting introduction to the theory and practice of tragedy. Looks at a broad range of topics in the field of tragedy in literature, from ancient to contemporary times Explores the links between writers from different times and cultures Focuses on the reception of classical texts in subsequent literatures,



and discusses their treatment in a range of media Surveys the lasting influence of the most resonant narratives in tragedy Contemplates exciting and unexpected combinations of text and topic amo