Tragedy in Transition
Book Details
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
ISBN / ASIN1405135468
ISBN-139781405135467
MarketplaceFrance 🇫🇷
Description
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
