Tragedy :: a very short introduction /

What do we mean by 'tragedy' now? When we turn on the news, does a report of the latest atrocity have any connection with Sophocles and Shakespeare? Addressing questions about belief, blame, revenge, pain, witnessing and ending, this book demonstrates the enduring significance of attempts...

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1. Verfasser: Poole, Adrian
Format: Regierungsdokument Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2005.
Schriftenreihe:Very short introductions.
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Zusammenfassung:What do we mean by 'tragedy' now? When we turn on the news, does a report of the latest atrocity have any connection with Sophocles and Shakespeare? Addressing questions about belief, blame, revenge, pain, witnessing and ending, this book demonstrates the enduring significance of attempts to understand terrible suffering. - ;What do we mean by 'tragedy' in present-day usage? When we turn on the news, does a report of the latest atrocity have any connection with the masterpieces of Sophocles, Shakespeare and Racine? What has tragedy been made to mean by dramatists, story-tellers, critics, philo.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (147 pages) : illustrations.
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-140) and index.
ISBN:9780191516573
0191516570
9786611346607
6611346600
9780191577628
0191577626
9781435605480
1435605489

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