Tragedy
A Short Introduction
1st Edition
Published on 2. November 2007
Book
Hardback
156 pages
978-1-4051-3020-2 (ISBN)
Description
Tragedy: A Short Introduction reinvigorates the genre for readers who are eager to embrace it, but who often find the traditional masterpieces too distant from their own language and world.
Argues that today's most popular television shows and films thrive on the type of violence, passion, madness, and catastrophe first introduced to the stage in fifth century Athens
Offers selected case studies that exemplify the compelling qualities of tragedy
Reviews the history of tragic performance and the qualities of the classic tragic hero, and clarifies the role of plot in defining traged
Analyzes the difference between a tragedy, a catastrophe, and a mere unhappy ending
Explores the past and future of the tragic form
Argues that today's most popular television shows and films thrive on the type of violence, passion, madness, and catastrophe first introduced to the stage in fifth century Athens
Offers selected case studies that exemplify the compelling qualities of tragedy
Reviews the history of tragic performance and the qualities of the classic tragic hero, and clarifies the role of plot in defining traged
Analyzes the difference between a tragedy, a catastrophe, and a mere unhappy ending
Explores the past and future of the tragic form
Reviews / Votes
"Rebecca Bushnell's Tragedy: A Short Introduction is a brisk guide for the student reader. Bushnell's approach is not only comparative, but even eclectic, as may befit the often rather unwieldy subject of tragedy . . . the reader will find helpful directions to further reading, but as a concise study, the real strength of this book lies in its close, attentive engagement with canonical texts." (Oxford Journal, 1 March 2011)More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 163 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
397 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4051-3020-2 (9781405130202)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Person
Rebecca Bushnell is Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences and Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania. She edited A Companion to Tragedy and authored Green Desire: Imagining Early Modern English Gardens, A Culture of Teaching: Early Modern Humanism in Theory and Practice, Tragedies of Tyrants: Political Thought and Theater in the English Renaissance, and Prophesying Tragedy: Sign and Voice in Sophocles' Theban Plays.
Content
List of Illustrations. Acknowledgments.
Preface.
Chapter 1. Tragic Theaters.
Chapter 2. Tragic Form and Language.
Chapter 3. Tragic Plots.
Chapter 4. Tragic Heroes.
Chapter 5. Tragic History and Tragic Future.
Plays Cited.
Bibliography.
Index
Preface.
Chapter 1. Tragic Theaters.
Chapter 2. Tragic Form and Language.
Chapter 3. Tragic Plots.
Chapter 4. Tragic Heroes.
Chapter 5. Tragic History and Tragic Future.
Plays Cited.
Bibliography.
Index