Principles of Tragedy (Routledge Revivals) - Hardcover

Brereton, Geoffrey

 
9781032253039: Principles of Tragedy (Routledge Revivals)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1032253037 ISBN 13: 9781032253039
Publisher: Routledge, 2022

Synopsis

What is tragedy? What does the term imply? The word had outgrown its original context of literature and art and acquired wider and looser meanings.

Originally published in 1968, Dr Brereton seeks to establish the basis of a definition which will hold good on various planes and over a wide range of dramatic and other literature. Various theories are examined, beginning with Aristotle and taking in the Marxist interpretation and the two main religious theories of the sacrificial hero and the built-in conflict in fallen human nature. These theories are tested out on representative works by Sophocles, Shakespeare, Racine, Ibsen, Beckett and others, and the findings which emerge are developed in the course of the book. This is conceived as a re-exploration of a widely debated subject in the light of a few clear basic principles.

The result is a lucid study which will be especially valuable for students of literature and drama.

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Geoffrey Brereton

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2022
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1032253037
ISBN 13 
9781032253039
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
298

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