Eucalyptus / Murray Bail

• Record Nr.: UNISALENTO991003583509707536
• Autore: Bail, Murray
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : The Harvill Press, 1998
• ISBN: 1860464947
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

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

• Record Nr.: UNISA996199127503316
• 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