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Author Wallace, Jennifer.

Title The Cambridge introduction to tragedy / Jennifer Wallace
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007

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Description viii, 243 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Series Cambridge introductions to literature
Cambridge introductions to literature.
Contents Approaching the subject -- Tragic drama -- Tragic theory -- Non-dramatic tragedy -- Coda : tragic sites
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 introduction explores the relationship between tragic experience and tragic representation. After giving an overview of the tragic theatre canon - including chapters on the Greeks, Shakespeare, Ibsen and Chekhov, American tragedy and post-colonial drama - it also looks at the contribution which philosophers have brought to this subject, before ranging across other art forms and areas of debate."--BOOK JACKET
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-234) and index
Subject European drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism.
Tragedy -- History and criticism.
Genre/Form Tragedies (Drama)
LC no. 2006039239
ISBN 0521671493 (paperback: alk. paper)
052185539X (hardback : alk. paper)
9780521671491 (paperback: alk. paper)
9780521855396 (hardback : alk. paper)
Other Titles Introduction to tragedy
Tragedy