Tragedy in Transition 1st Edition by Catherine Silverstone ,Sarah Annes Brown ISBN 1405135468 978-1405135467
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ISBN 10:1405135468
ISBN 13:978-1405135467
Author:Catherine Silverstone ,Sarah Annes Brown
Tragedy in Transition is an innovative and exciting introduction to the theory and practice of tragedy.
- Looks at a broad range of topics in the field of tragedy in literature, from ancient to contemporary times
- Explores the links between writers from different times and cultures
- Focuses on the reception of classical texts in subsequent literatures, and discusses their treatment in a range of media
- Surveys the lasting influence of the most resonant narratives in tragedy
- Contemplates exciting and unexpected combinations of text and topic among them the relationship between tragedy and childhood, science fiction, and the role of the gods
Table of contents:
1. Trojan Suffering, Tragic Gods and Transhistorical Metaphysics: Edith Hall (Royal Holloway, University of London).
2. Hardcore Tragedy: Ewan Fernie (Royal Holloway, University of London).
3. Tragedy and Disgust: Robert Douglas-Fairhurst (Magdalen College, University of Oxford).
4. Tragedy and the Sign of the Eclipse: Anne C. Henry (University of Cambridge).
5. Jonson’s too Roman Plays: From Julius Caesar to Sejanus and Catiline: John Henderson (King’s College, University of Cambridge).
6. Neoclassicisms: Raphael Lyne (New Hall, University of Cambridge).
7. Tragedy and Exile: Jennifer Wallace (Peterhouse, University of Cambridge).
8. Narratives of Tragic Empathy: Prometheus Bound and Frankenstein: Vanda Zajko (Bristol University).
9. Tragedy and Childhood: Peter Hollindale (formerly of University of York).
10. Parricide versus Filicide: Oedipus and Medea on the Modern Stage: Fiona Macintosh (St Cross College, University of Oxford).
11. ‘Suffering into Wisdom’: The Tragedy of Wilde: Alison Hennegan (Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge).
12. Tarzan of Athens: Wilson Knight and Wole Soyinka: Neil Rhodes (University of St Andrews).
13. Postmodern Tragedy?: Returning to John Ford: Mark Houlahan (University of Waikato, New Zealand).
14. Tragedy and the Future: Rowland Wymer (Anglia Ruskin University)
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