The Politics and Poetics of Contemporary English Tragedy /

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The Politics and Poetics of Contemporary English Tragedy is a detailed study of the idea of the tragic in the political plays of David Hare, Howard Barker, Edward Bond, Caryl Churchill, Mark Ravenhill, Sarah Kane, and Jez Butterworth.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carney, Sean, 1970-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Tragödie.
Englisch.
Englisch
Tragödie
Self in literature.
Politics in literature.
Loss (Psychology) in literature.
English drama (Tragedy)
English drama.
DRAMA > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Drama.
Moi (Psychologie) dans la litterature.
Perte (Psychologie) dans la litterature.
Politique dans la litterature.
Theâtre anglais > 21e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Theâtre anglais > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Tragedie anglaise > Histoire et critique.
English drama > 21st century > History and criticism.
English drama > 20th century > History and criticism.
English drama (Tragedy) > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • David Hare: the work of mourning, or, the agony and the ecstasy of the bourgeoisie
  • Howard Barker: will and desire
  • from the tragedy of socialism to the ecstasy of the unconscious
  • Edward Bond: tragedy and postmodernity, or, the Promethean impulse
  • Caryl Churchill: the Dionysian Möbius strip
  • New English tragedians: the tragedy of the tragic.

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