Tragedy: A Very Short Introduction

by Adrian Poole

Book Overview

To your local anchorperson, the word "tragedy" brings to mind an accidental fire at a low-income apartment block, the horrors of a natural disaster, or atrocities occurring in distant lands. To a classicist however, the word brings to mind the masterpieces of Sophocles, Shakespeare, and Racine; beautiful dramas featuring romanticized torment. What has tragedy been made to mean by dramatists, storytellers, philosophers, politicians, and journalists...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192802356
• ISBN13: 9780192802354
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.4" x 6.9"