Tragedy in Transition - Hardcover

 
9781405135467: Tragedy in Transition
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1405135468 ISBN 13: 9781405135467
Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell, 2007

Inhaltsangabe

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

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Sarah Annes Brown is Chair of the Department of English, Communication, Film, and Media at Anglia Ruskin University. In addition to numerous short pieces on various aspects of classical reception, her publications include The Metamorphosis of Ovid: From Chaucer to Ted Hughes, Ovid: Myth and Metamorphosis, and Nicholas Rowe’s translation of Lucan’s Pharsalia, which she co-edited with Charles Martindale. She is currently writing a book about transhistoricism.

Catherine Silverstone is Lecturer in Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies at Queen Mary, University of London. She has written several articles on Shakespeare and performance. She is currently writing a book entitled Shakespeare and Trauma: Contemporary Performances on Stage and Screen.

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Tragedy in Transition is an innovative and exciting volume that explores the theory and practice of tragedy from the Greek tragedians to the present day, tracing important developments, continuities and discontinuities in the tragic tradition and exploring the afterlives of some of the most resonant tragic narratives. Central questions – the role of the gods, for example – are examined in unexpected ways, and less traditional topics – including childhood and science fiction – allow new questions to be opened up. The volume as a whole employs a range of theoretical and critical approaches to press the boundaries of tragedy, encouraging the reader to interrogate the genre's parameters and its significance.

An ideal resource for students, this accessible anthology offers an up-to-date and lively critique of a wide range of topics in the field.

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Tragedy in Transition is an innovative and exciting volume that explores the theory and practice of tragedy from the Greek tragedians to the present day, tracing important developments, continuities and discontinuities in the tragic tradition and exploring the afterlives of some of the most resonant tragic narratives. Central questions – the role of the gods, for example – are examined in unexpected ways, and less traditional topics – including childhood and science fiction – allow new questions to be opened up. The volume as a whole employs a range of theoretical and critical approaches to press the boundaries of tragedy, encouraging the reader to interrogate the genre's parameters and its significance.

An ideal resource for students, this accessible anthology offers an up-to-date and lively critique of a wide range of topics in the field.

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Verlag
Wiley-Blackwell
Erscheinungsdatum
2007
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1405135468
ISBN 13 
9781405135467
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
336
Herausgeber
Brown Sarah Annes, Silverstone Catherine
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