The Strangeness of Tragedy

The Strangeness of Tragedy
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 216
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ISBN-10 : 9780199572601
ISBN-13 : 0199572607
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Book Synopsis The Strangeness of Tragedy by : Paul Hammond

Download or read book The Strangeness of Tragedy written by Paul Hammond and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-09-17 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the theatrical and linguistic means by which the tragic protagonist is estranged from other characters and comes to occupy a singular world in which the autonomy of the individual seems uncertain, discussing plays from classical, renaissance, and neo-classical literature by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Seneca, Shakespeare, and Racine.


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