Tragicomedy

List of contents

Acknowledgements. Preface. Part I: The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: Neo-classical Romance and Satire 1. Introduction 2. Seventeenth-century Pastoral and Tragicomedy 3. Comedy in Tragedy: Elizabethan and Jacobean Theatre 4. French Seventeenth-century Tragicomedy Part II: The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: Modern Romanticism and Realism 5. Melodrama 6. Variations of Melodrama: Chekhov and Shaw 7. Twentieth-century Pioneers 8. Old Ways, New Directions. Select Bibliography. Index.

Summary

In this brief study, originally published in 1984, David Hirst examines the meaning of the term ?tragicomedy? by elucidating the most important theories of the genre and by analysing those plays which represent its most vital and influential expression.

Product details

• Authors: David L. Hirst, Hirst David L.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2022
• EAN: 9781032217024
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3221702-4
• No. of pages: 154
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Comedy
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Drama; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Theatre Studies, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary theory, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, The arts: general topics