ISBN: 9780198152590

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? Th… More...

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 SeanO''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 they relate the tragedy of the Greeks to the serious drama and theoretical perspectives of the modern world, with Shakespeare at the forefrontof several essays. | Tragedy and the Tragic by M. S. Silk Paperback | Indigo Chapters Books > Literary Criticism > Criticism & Theory P10106, M. S. Silk<

ISBN: 9780198152590

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? … More...

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 SeanO''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 they relate the tragedy of the Greeks to the serious drama and theoretical perspectives of the modern world, with Shakespeare at the forefrontof several essays. Books > Literary Criticism > Criticism & Theory List_Books, [PU: Oxford University Press]<

ISBN: 9780198152590

Paperback, [PU: Oxford University Press], This volume of 29 new essays has an extensive range - from Aeschylus to Sean O'Casey, from Aristotle to Rene Girard - but also a consistent focus… More...

Paperback, [PU: Oxford University Press], This volume of 29 new essays has an extensive 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., Literary Studies: Plays & Playwrights<

1998, ISBN: 0198152590

Kartoniert / Broschiert LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, mit Schutzumschlag 11, [PU:OUP Oxford]

1998, ISBN: 9780198152590

Greek Theatre and Beyond, Buch, Softcover, [PU: Clarendon Press], Clarendon Press, 1998