{"product_id":"tragedy-and-the-return-of-john-d-lyons-9780810137042","title":"Tragedy and the Return of the Dead","description":"\u003cp\u003eEarly modernity rediscovered tragedy in the dramas and the theoretical writings of the ancient Greeks and Romans. Attempting to make new tragic fictions, writers like Shakespeare, Webster, Hardy, Corneille, and Racine created a dramatic form that would probably have been unrecognizable to the ancient Athenians. \u003ci\u003eTragedy and the Return of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e recovers a model of the tragic that fits ancient tragedies, early modern tragedies, as well as contemporary narratives and films no longer called \"tragic\" but which perpetuate the same elements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthoritative, wide-ranging, and thought provoking, \u003ci\u003eTragedy and the Return of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers a set of interlocking plots of family violence that stretch from Greek antiquity up to the popular culture of today. Casting aside the elite, idealist view that tragedy manifests the conflict between two equal goods or the human struggle against the divine, John D. Lyons looks closely at tragedy's staging of gory and painful deaths, ignominious burials, and the haunting return of ghosts. Through this adjusted lens \u003ci\u003eLe Cid\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein, The Spanish Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRomeo and Juliet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePhèdre\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e, and other early modern works appear in a striking new light. These works are at the center of a panorama that stretches from Aeschylus's \u003ci\u003eAgamemnon\u003c\/i\u003e to Hitchcock's \u003ci\u003ePsycho\u003c\/i\u003e and are placed against the background of the Gothic novel, Freud's \"uncanny,\" and Burke's \"sublime.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLyons demonstrates how tragedy under other names, such as \"Gothic fiction\" and \"thrillers,\" is far from dead and continues as a vital part of popular culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John D. Lyons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810137046\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810137042\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwestern University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"John D. Lyons","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49096744272127,"sku":"9780810137042","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tragedy-and-the-return-of-john-d-lyons-9780810137042","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}