Modern tragedy

Williams, Raymond

ISBN 10: 0860917118 / ISBN 13: 9780860917113

Verlag: Verso Editions, 1979

Inside of front and back covers are stained. Back cover faintly creased. A little wear on corners. No marks in text. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ss-2026041501

Inhaltsangabe:

This classic work examines the nature of tragedy in philosophy, drama and literature, ranging from Aristotle to Nietzsche, from Chaucer to Brecht, from Tolstoy to Sartre. Tracing the evolution from hero to victim in the typical figures of the liberal imagination, it also explores the elements of tragic experience in the socialist revolutions of the twentieth century. In a new Afterword written for the Verso edition, Williams delineates the changing characters of tragedy in the culture and politics of the 1970s.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Raymond Williams (1921-1988) was for many years Professor of Drama at the University of Cambridge. Among his many books are Culture and Society, Culture and Materialism, Politics and Letters, Problems in Materialism and Culture, and several novels.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Modern tragedy
Verlag: Verso Editions
Erscheinungsdatum: 1979
Einband: paperback
Zustand: Good