Eclipse of Action : Tragedy and Political Economy /

According to traditional accounts, the history of tragedy is itself tragic: following a miraculous birth in fifth-century Athens and a brilliant resurgence in the early modern period, tragic drama then falls into a marked decline. While disputing the notion that tragedy has died, this wide-ranging s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Halpern, Richard (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2017]
Temas:
Economics in literature.
Tragedy - Themes, motives.
Tragedy > History and criticism.
Tragedy > Themes, motives.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General.
action.
drama.
economics.
philosophy.
political economy.
politics.
society.
theater.
tragedy.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter one. "Thy Bloody and Invisible Hand"
  • Chapter two. Greek Tragedy and the Raptor Economy
  • Chapter three. Marlowe's Theater of Night
  • Chapter four. Hamlet and the Work of Death
  • Chapter five. The Same Old Grind
  • Chapter six. Hegel, Marx, and the Novelization of Tragedy
  • Chapter seven. Beckett's Tragic Pantry
  • Postscript. After Beckett
  • Notes
  • Index

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