{"product_id":"tragedy-john-drakakis-9781032013800","title":"Tragedy","description":"\u003cp\u003eTragedy is one of the oldest and most resilient forms of narrative. Considering texts from ancient Greece to the present day, this comprehensive introduction shows how tragedy has been re-imagined and redefined throughout Western cultural history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTragedy offers a concise history of tragedy tracing its evolution through key plays, prose, poetry and philosophical dimensions. John Drakakis examines a wealth of popular plays, including works from the ancient Greeks, Shakespeare, Bertolt Brecht, Sarah Kane and Tom Stoppard. He also considers the rewriting and appropriating of ancient drama though a wide range of authors, such as Chaucer, George Eliot, Ted Hughes and Colm Tóibín. Drakakis also demystifies complex philosophical interpretations of tragedy, including those of Hegel, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche and Benjamin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis accessible resource is an invaluable guide for anyone studying tragedy in literature or theatre studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Drakakis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 103201380X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032013800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/16\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"John Drakakis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46451137741055,"sku":"9781032013800","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7d851495-6c6e-4056-a2a7-6e4c323b3092.jpg?v=1735876566","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tragedy-john-drakakis-9781032013800","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}