Tragedy

Informationen zum Autor Clifford Leech Klappentext Professor Leech considers the significance of the term 'Tragedy' as it has been used from classical times to the present day. He gives examples of tragic writing from a wide variety of dramatic literatures and relates theoretical writings on tragedy and the tragedies that have been contemporaneous with them. Free reference is made to critics from Aristotle to these of the present. Special stress is laid on the tragedies of the Greeks, of Renaissance writers and of our immediate contemporaries, notably Harold Pinter and Tom Stoppard. There is also discussion of tragic writing in the modern novel. Zusammenfassung Professor Leech considers the significance of the term ‘Tragedy’ as it has been used from classical times to the present day. He gives examples of tragic writing from a wide variety of dramatic literatures and relates theoretical writings on tragedy and the tragedies that have been contemporaneous with them. Free reference is made to critics from Aristotle to these of the present. Special stress is laid on the tragedies of the Greeks, of Renaissance writers and of our immediate contemporaries, notably Harold Pinter and Tom Stoppard. There is also discussion of tragic writing in the modern novel. Inhaltsverzeichnis PREFATORY NOTE 1 Some Definitions and Observations 2 Tragedy in Practice and in Theory 3 The Tragic Hero 4 Cleansing? or Sacrifice? 5 The Sense of Balance 6 Peripeteia, Anagnorisis, Suffering 7 The Chorus and the Unities 8 The Sense of Overdoing It SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEX

Product details

• Authors: Clifford Leech, Leech Clifford
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.1969
• EAN: 9780415045995
• ISBN: 978-0-415-04599-5
• No. of pages: 102
• Series: Critical Idiom S
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; The arts: general issues, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, REFERENCE / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, Theatre Studies, Literary theory, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, The arts: general topics