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Tragedy: The Basics: The Basics

Autor Sean McEvoy
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 31 oct 2016
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 and history of tragic theory. Covering tragedy from the classics to the present day, it explains the contextual and theoretical issues which affect the interpretation of tragedy, examining popularly studied key plays in order to show historical change. Including a glossary of key terms and suggestions for further reading, Tragedy: The Basics is an ideal starting point for anyone studying tragedy in literature or theatre studies.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781138798908
ISBN-10: 1138798908
Pagini: 196
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria The Basics

Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

AS/A2 and Undergraduate

Cuprins

Introduction
1. Greeks and Romans: Classical Tragedy
    Contexts: The Festival of Dionysus at Athens
    Aeschylus, The Oresteia
    Sophocles, Oedipus the King
    Sophocles, Antigone
    Euripides, Medea
    Euripides, Bacchae
    Contexts: Seneca and Roman Tragedy
    Seneca, Phaedra
2. ‘When the bad bleed’ ? Early Modern English Tragedy
    Contexts: Elizabethan Tragedy
    Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedy and Revenge Tragedy
    Christopher Marlowe, Dr Faustus
    William Shakespeare, Hamlet
    Contexts: Jacobean Tragedy
    William Shakespeare, Othello
    William Shakespeare, King Lear
    William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra
    John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi
3. Neo-Classicism, Restoration Tragedy and Sentimentality
    Contexts
    Jean Racine, Phaedra
    John Dryden, All for Love
    Thomas Otway, Venice Preserv’d
4. ‘From Hero to Victim’: Romantic Tragedy and After
    Contexts
    Heinrich von Kleist, The Prince of Homburg
    Georg Büchner, Woyzeck
    Henrik Ibsen, Hedda Gabler
5. Modernism and Tragedy
    Contexts
    Anton Chekhov, The Cherry Orchard
    Eugene O’Neill, Mourning Becomes Electra
    Federico Garcia Lorca, Blood Wedding
    Bertolt Brecht, Mother Courage and her Children
    Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire
    Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman
    Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot
6. The Survival of Tragedy
Contexts
Edward Bond, Lear
Howard Barker, Victory
Tony Kushner, Angels in America
Caryl Churchill, The Skriker
Sarah Kane, Blasted.
Conclusion
Glossary
References
Index


Descriere

Tragedy: The Basics is an accessible and up-to-date introduction to dramatic tragedy. Covering tragedy from the classics to the present day, it has a glossary of key terms, a chronology and suggestions for further reading and is an ideal starting point for anyone studying tragedy in literature or theatre studies.