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Tragedy : a very short introduction /
What do we mean by 'tragedy' now? When we turn on the news, does a report of the latest atrocity have any connection with Sophocles and Shakespeare? Addressing questions about belief, blame, revenge, pain, witnessing and ending, this book demonstrates the enduring significance of attempts...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
©2005.
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| Colección: | Very short introductions.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | What do we mean by 'tragedy' now? When we turn on the news, does a report of the latest atrocity have any connection with Sophocles and Shakespeare? Addressing questions about belief, blame, revenge, pain, witnessing and ending, this book demonstrates the enduring significance of attempts to understand terrible suffering. - ;What do we mean by 'tragedy' in present-day usage? When we turn on the news, does a report of the latest atrocity have any connection with the masterpieces of Sophocles, Shakespeare and Racine? What has tragedy been made to mean by dramatists, story-tellers, critics, philo. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (147 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-140) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191516573 0191516570 9786611346607 6611346600 9780191577628 0191577626 9781435605480 1435605489 |