Modern Tragedy by Raymond Williams
This classic work examines the nature of tragedy in philosophy, drama and literature, ranging from Aristotle to Nietzsche, from Chaucer to Brecht, from Tolstoy to Sartre. Tracing the evolution from hero to victim in the typical figures of the liberal imagination, it also explores the elements of tragic experience in the socialist revolutions of the twentieth century. In a new Afterword written for the Verso edition, Williams delineates the changing characters of tragedy in the culture and politics of the 1970s.
A series, unorthodox book on a much vexed subject..Is tragedy an event in our lives, or a literary form, or a body of dogma? Williams's analysis here is especially fine. * New Society *
Always stimulating and sometimes brilliant. * Irish Independent *
An impassioned, powerful book...splendid. * Guardian *
Always stimulating and sometimes brilliant. * Irish Independent *
An impassioned, powerful book...splendid. * Guardian *
Raymond Williams was born in 1921 in the Welsh border village of Pandy, and was educated at the village school, at Abergavenny Grammar School, and at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was elected Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, in 1961 and was later appointed University Professor of Drama.
His books include Culture and Society (1958), The Long Revolution (1961) and its sequel Towards 2000 (1983); Communications (1962) and Television: Technology and Cultural Form (1974); Drama in Performance (1954), Modern Tragedy (1966) and Drama from Ibsen to Brecht (1968); The English Novel from Dickens to Lawrence (1970), Orwell (1971) and The Country and the City (1973); Politics and Letters (interviews) (1979) and Problems in Materialism and Culture (selected essays) (1980); and four novels - the Welsh trilogy of Border Country (1960), Second Generation (1964) and The Fight for Manod (1979), and The Volunteers (1978).
His books include Culture and Society (1958), The Long Revolution (1961) and its sequel Towards 2000 (1983); Communications (1962) and Television: Technology and Cultural Form (1974); Drama in Performance (1954), Modern Tragedy (1966) and Drama from Ibsen to Brecht (1968); The English Novel from Dickens to Lawrence (1970), Orwell (1971) and The Country and the City (1973); Politics and Letters (interviews) (1979) and Problems in Materialism and Culture (selected essays) (1980); and four novels - the Welsh trilogy of Border Country (1960), Second Generation (1964) and The Fight for Manod (1979), and The Volunteers (1978).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780860917113 |
| ISBN 10 | 0860917118 |
| Title | Modern Tragedy |
| Author | Raymond Williams |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Verso Books |
| Year published | 1979-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 228 |
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