{"product_id":"tragedy-9781032013855","title":"Tragedy","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): John Drakakis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Drama\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTragedy is one of the oldest and most resilient forms of narrative. Considering texts from ancient Greece to the present day, this comprehensive introduction shows how tragedy has been re-imagined and redefined throughout Western cultural history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTragedy offers a concise history of tragedy tracing its evolution through key plays, prose, poetry and philosophical dimensions. John Drakakis examines a wealth of popular plays, including works from the ancient Greeks, Shakespeare, Bertolt Brecht, Sarah Kane and Tom Stoppard. He also considers the rewriting and appropriating of ancient drama though a wide range of authors, such as Chaucer, George Eliot, Ted Hughes and Colm Tóibín. Drakakis also demystifies complex philosophical interpretations of tragedy, including those of Hegel, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche and Benjamin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis accessible resource is an invaluable guide for anyone studying tragedy in literature or theatre studies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45242623131799,"sku":"9781032013855","price":8798.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781032013855.webp?v=1769232639","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/tragedy-9781032013855","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}