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| - ''Oxford's always stimulating Very Short Introductions series.'' - Independent on Sunday
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| Description | | - What has tragedy been made to mean by dramatists, story-tellers, critics, philosophers, politicians, and journalists over the last two and a half millennia?
- An entirely unique approach which shows the relevance of tragedy to today's world, and extends beyond drama and literature into visual art and everyday experience.
- Lively and engaging
- Written by a well-known and respected expert in the field
| 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, philosophers, politicians and journalists over the last two and a half millennia? Why do we still read, re-write, and stage these
old plays?
This book argues for the continuities between 'then' and 'now'. Addressing questions about belief, blame, mourning, revenge, pain, witnessing, timing and ending, Adrian Poole demonstrates the age-old significance of our attempts to make sense of terrible suffering. |
Readership: All interested readers and the theatre-going public in the UK and abroad. Also of interest to students and academics across a broad range of disciplines including literature, drama and theatre, media studies, philosophy, and theology.
| Contents |
1.
Who needs it?
2.
Once upon a time
3.
The living dead
4.
Who's to blame?
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Big ideas
6.
No laughing matter
7.
Words, words, words
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Good timing
9.
Pain and gain
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Adrian Poole, Professor of English Literature, University of Cambridge
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