{"product_id":"modern-tragedy-james-moran-9781350139787","title":"Modern Tragedy","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat distinguishes modern tragedy from other forms of drama? How does it relate to contemporary political and social conditions? To what ends have artists employed the tragic form in different locations during the 20th century? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Partly motivated by the urgency of our current situation in an age of ecocidal crisis, \u003ci\u003eModern Tragedy \u003c\/i\u003eencompasses a variety of drama from throughout the 20th century. James Moran begins this book with John Millington Synge's \u003ci\u003eRiders to the Sea \u003c\/i\u003e(1904), which shows how environmental awareness might be expressed through tragic drama. Moran also looks at Brecht's reworking of Synge's drama in the 1937 play \u003ci\u003eSera Carrar's Rifles\u003c\/i\u003e, and situates Brecht's script in the light of the theatre practitioner's broader ideas about tragedy. Brecht's tragic thinking - informed by Hegel and Marx - is contrasted with the Schopenhauerian approach of Samuel Beckett. The volume goes on to examine theatre makers whose ideas were partly motivated by applying an understanding of the tragic narrative of Synge's \u003ci\u003eRiders to the Sea \u003c\/i\u003eto postcolonial contexts\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eLooking at Derek Walcott's \u003ci\u003eThe Sea at Dauphin \u003c\/i\u003e(1954), and J.P. Clark's \u003ci\u003eThe Goat \u003c\/i\u003e(1961), \u003ci\u003e Modern Tragedy \u003c\/i\u003eexplores how tragedy, a form that is often associated with regressive assumptions about hegemony, might be rethought, and how aspects of the tragic may coincide with the experiences and concerns of authors and audiences of colour.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Moran\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350139785\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350139787\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/23\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.50d","brand":"James Moran","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44078141440255,"sku":"9781350139787","price":61.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8382c84b-660a-4fd1-a0c1-580d2fa0e394.jpg?v=1685473771","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/modern-tragedy-james-moran-9781350139787","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}