Tragedy

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Tragedy: A Short Introduction reinvigorates the genre forreaders who are eager to embrace it, but who often find thetraditional masterpieces too distant from their own language andworld. * * Argues that today's most popular television shows andfilms thrive on the type of violence, passion, madness, andcatastrophe first introduced to the stage in fifth centuryAthens * Offers selected case studies that exemplify the compellingqualities of tragedy * Reviews the history of tragic performance and the qualities ofthe classic tragic hero, and clarifies the role of plot in definingtraged * Analyzes the difference between a tragedy, a catastrophe, and amere unhappy ending * Explores the past and future of the tragic form

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Rebecca Bushnell

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"Rebecca Bushnell's Tragedy: A Short Introduction is a brisk guidefor the student reader. Bushnell's approach is not onlycomparative, but even eclectic, as may befit the often ratherunwieldy subject of tragedy . . . the reader will find helpfuldirections to further reading, but as a concise study, the realstrength of this book lies in its close, attentive engagement withcanonical texts." (Oxford Journal, 1 March 2011)
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