The Cambridge Introduction to Tragedy

The Cambridge Introduction to Tragedy by Jennifer Wallace

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.

'A lucid, intelligent, wide-ranging introduction to a subject of growing centrality in both criticism and political life' Professor Terry Eagleton, University of Manchester
'The coverage is comprehensive and the writing is of a high quality and clear' Teaching Drama

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

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ISBN 13	9780521671491
ISBN 10	0521671493
Title	The Cambridge Introduction to Tragedy
Author	Jennifer Wallace
Series	Cambridge Introductions To Literature
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2007-05-10
Number of pages	252
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