Strangeness of tragedy, the
Auteur :
Hammond, Paul
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780199572601
Date de publication :
17 sept. 2009
Dimensions :
22,3 x 14,4 x 1,7 cm
Poids :
420 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book explores the theatrical and linguistic means by which the tragic protagonist is estranged from other characters and comes to occupy a singular world in which the autonomy of the individual seems uncertain, discussing plays from classical, renaissance, and neo-classical literature by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Seneca, Shakespeare, and Racine.