The Cambridge Introduction to Tragedy

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Beschreibung

Tragedy is the art-form created to confront the most difficult experiences we face: death, loss, injustice, thwarted passion, despair. From ancient Greek theatre up to the most recent plays, playwrights have found, in tragic drama, a means to seek explanation for disaster. But tragedy is also a word we continually encounter in the media, to denote an event which is simply devastating in its emotional power. This introduction explores the relationship between tragic experience and tragic representation. After giving an overview of the tragic theatre canon - including chapters on the Greeks, Shakespeare, Ibsen, Chekhov, post-colonial drama, and Beckett - it also looks at the contribution which philosophers have brought to this subject, before ranging across other art-forms and areas of debate. The book is unique in its chronological range, and brings a wide spectrum of examples, from both literature and life, into the discussion of this emotional and frequently controversial subject.

Über den Autor

Jennifer Wallace is Fellow, lecturer and Director of Studies in English at Peterhouse, University of Cambridge.

Zusammenfassung

This introduction offers an overview of tragic drama from the ancient Greeks, through Shakespeare, Racine and Ibsen, and to the present day. It explores the definition of ‘tragedy’, as it has been discussed by philosophers and confronted by artists, theologians and psychoanalysts. There are also useful chapters on fate, politics, gender, physical violence, and tragic sites and memorials. The book is unique in its chronological range, and in bringing such a wide spectrum of examples, from both literature and life, into the discussion of this emotional and often controversial subject.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Approaching the subject; 2. Tragic drama: 2.1. The Greeks; 2.2. Seneca and Racine; 2.3. Shakespeare; 2.4. Romantic tragedy: Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov; 2.5. American tragedy; 2.6. Postcolonial tragedy; 2.7. Beckett; Case studies 1: Physical violence and dismemberment; Case studies 2: Language; 3. Tragic theory: 3.1. Aristotle; 3.2. Hegel; 3.3. Nietzsche; 3.4. Kierkegaard; 3.5. Camus; 3.6. Girard; Case studies 1: Fate; Case studies 2: Politics; Case studies 3: Gender; 4. Non-dramatic tragedy: 4.1. Visual culture; 4.2. Novel; 4.3. Film; 4.4. Psychoanalysis; 4.5. Theology; 5. Coda: Tragic sites; Bibliography.

Details

Medium:	Taschenbuch
Seiten:	252
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780521671491
ISBN-10:	0521671493
Sprache:	Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage:	Paperback
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Wallace, Jennifer
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Maße:	229 x 152 x 14 mm
Von/Mit:	Jennifer Wallace
Erscheinungsdatum:	17.11.2014
Gewicht:	0,371 kg

preigu-id: 102119973

Über den Autor

Jennifer Wallace is Fellow, lecturer and Director of Studies in English at Peterhouse, University of Cambridge.

Zusammenfassung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Details

Medium:	Taschenbuch
Seiten:	252
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780521671491
ISBN-10:	0521671493
Sprache:	Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage:	Paperback
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Wallace, Jennifer
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Maße:	229 x 152 x 14 mm
Von/Mit:	Jennifer Wallace
Erscheinungsdatum:	17.11.2014
Gewicht:	0,371 kg