Tragedy: the basics

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"Tragedy: The Basics is an accessible and up-to-date introduction to dramatic tragedy. A comprehensive guide for anyone undertaking a study of the genre, it provides a chronological overview of the genre and the history of traffic theory. Integrating a discussion of texts, contexts and theory, it explains the contextual and theoretical issues which affect the interpretation of tragedy in the context of popularly studied key plays in order to show historical change. Covering tragedy from the cla…

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Full title :Tragedy : the basics / Sean McEvoy.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2017

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:Abingdon, Oxon
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2017

The Physical Object

Description:189 pages ; : 20 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781138798908, 1138798908, 9781138798915, 1138798916
oclc:ocn954719888
LC Classification:PN56.T68
Dewey Decimal:808.2/512

Introduction -- Greeks and Romans: Classical Tragedy -- "When the bad bleed" ? Early Modern English Tragedy -- Neo-Classicism, Restoration Tragedy and Sentimentality -- "From Hero to Victim": Romantic Tragedy and After -- Modernism and Tragedy -- The Survival of Tragedy -- Conclusion -- Glossary.

Subjects

Criticism, interpretation, etc Drama Drama -- History and criticism Drama -- Technique Guides et manuels Handbook Handbooks and manuals Théâtre (Genre littéraire) -- Histoire … Théâtre (Genre littéraire) -- Technique Tragédie -- Guides, manuels, etc Tragédie -- Histoire et critique Tragedy Tragedy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc Tragedy -- History and criticism Tragic, The Tragique Tragödie