The Cambridge Introduction To Tragedy

This introduction offers an overview of tragic drama from the ancient Greeks, through Shakespeare, Racine and Ibsen, and to the present day. It explores the definition of 'tragedy', as it has been discussed by philosophers, and includes chapters on the Greeks, Shakespeare, Ibsen, Chekhov, post-colonial drama, and Beckett.

• | By (Author): Jennifer (Peterhouse, Cambridge) Wallace
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: May 10, 2007
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 252 pages
• | Language: Not Available
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0521671493
• | ISBN-13: 9780521671491