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The Greeks invented tragedy; and from the age of the Greeks to the present day, tragedy has been seen to be a uniquely powerful and affecting form of art. But what makes it what it is? This challenging volume of twenty-nine new essays has an exceptional range - from Aeschylus to Sean O'Casey, from Aristotle to Rene Girard - but also a consistent focus on the ultimate question: how best to define or understand Greek tragedy in particular and tragedy in general.
The contributors, who include many of the world's foremost names in the field of Greek drama, debate the question. They reassess particular Greek plays, from Oresteia to Antigone and Oedipus to Ion; they re-examine Greek tragedy in its cultural and political context; and the relate the tragedy of the Greeks to the serious drama and theoretical perspectives of the modern world, with Shakespeare at the forefront of several essays.
The book is accessible to readers with no Greek and will be essential reading for anyone interested in tragedy, especially students and specialists in Classics, Drama, and English Literature.
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Greek drama (Tragedy), The Tragic, Theater, History and criticism, History, Greek drama, history and criticism, Tragédie grecque, Histoire et critique, Théâtre, Histoire, Tragique, Griechisch, Tragik, Tragödie, Aufsatzsammlung, Tragedies, Grieks, Literatura grega (historia e critica), Theater, greece, Tragic, theShowing 4 featured editions. View all 4 editions?
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Tragedy and the Tragic: Greek Theatre and Beyond
August 19, 1998, Oxford University Press, USA
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1996, Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press
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