Tragedy : a very short introduction / Adrian Poole.
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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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2005]
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| Series: | Very short introductions.
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| Online Access: | Oxford Very Short Introductions |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (147 pages) : illustrations. |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0191516570 0191775541 1281346608 9780191516573 9780191775543 9781281346605 |