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016920
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Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2013.
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viii, 243pGreen Spine
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Cambridge Introductions to Literature
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Tragedy is the art form created to confront the most difficult experiences we face: death, loss, injustice, thwarted passion, despair. From ancient Greek theatre up to the most recent plays, playwrights have found, in tragic drama, a means to seek explanation for disaster. But tragedy is also a word we continually encounter in the media, to denote an event which is simply devastating in its emotional power. This introduction explores the relationship between tragic experience and tragic representation. After giving an overview of the tragic theatre canon - including chapters on the Greeks, Shakespeare, Ibsen and Chekhov, American tragedy and post-colonial drama - it also looks at the contribution which philosophers have brought to this subject, before ranging across other art forms and areas of debate.
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Approaching the subject
Tragic drama
Tragic theory
Non-dramatic tragedy
Coda : tragic sites
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9780521671491 Pb.
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Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
I00993 | 809.9162/WAL | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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008333
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Great Britain, Cambridge University Press, 2004.
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128pYellow Spine
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Cambridge Student Guide
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The play is an exploration of mother - son relationships; Coriolanus' emotional attachment to his mother both creates and destroys him.
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What did Shakespeare write?
What did Shakespeare read?
What was Shakespeare's England like?
Enclosures and corn riots
The warrior-heroes of the time
Crown versus Parliament
The influence of Machiavelli
Shakespeare' own life
Language
Critical approaches
Organising your responses
Resources
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0521538599 Pb.
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Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
008706 | 822.33/SHA | Main | On Shelf | Teacher Resources | Teacher Resource |
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016921
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New York, Oxford University Press, 2010.
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xiii, 413pBrown Spine
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This is an invaluable introduction to ancient Greek tragedy which discusses every surviving play in detail and provides all the background information necessary for understanding the context and content of the plays. Edith Hall argues that the essential feature of the genre is that it always depicts terrible human suffering and death, but in a way that invites philosophical enquiry into their causes and effects, This enquiry was played out in the bright sunlight of open-air theatre, which became a key marker of the boundary between living and dead. The first half of the book is divided into four chapters which address the social and physical contexts in which the plays were performed, the contribution of the poets, actors, funders, and audiences, the poetic composition of the texts, their performance conventions, main themes, and focus on religion, politics, and the family. The second half consists of individual essays on each of the surviving thirty-three plays by the Greek tragedians, and an account of the recent performance of Greek tragic theatre and tragic fragments. An up-to-date 'Suggestions for further reading' is included.
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Introduction: What is Greek Tragedy?
1 Play Makers
2 Community Identities
3 Confrontations
4 Minds
5 Aeschylean Drama
6 Euripidean Drama
7 Sophoclean Drama
8 Greek Tragedy and Tragic Fragments Today
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9780199232512 Hb.
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Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
I00992 | 882.0109162/HAL | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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022477
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Newark, University of Delaware Press, 1985.
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254pBlack spine
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Shakespeare's idiom is an aggregate of archaic modes of speech and codes of conduct. This book attempts to make that idiom more accessible and, in the process, to illuminate the significance of heroic concepts to a study of Shakespeare's tragedies and histories.
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9780874132717 Hb.
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Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
I02063 | 822.33/BUL | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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008332
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Great Britain, Cambridge University Press, 2002.
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128pYellow Spine
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Cambridge Student Guide
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The play is still immensely popular because the struggle for political power it portrays has changed very little over the centuries. It reflects Shakespeare's sense of theatre as it shows individual characters continually speaking or performing to other individuals or to gatherings.
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What did Shakespeare write?
What did Shakespeare read?
What was Shakespeare's England like?
The English history plays and Julius Caesar
Politics
Rhetoric
Tragedy
Marriage and the husband's authority
The plague, sickness and disease
Religion
Death
Language
Critical approaches
Organising your responses
Resources
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0521008239 Pb.
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Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
008707 | 822.33/SHA | Main | On Shelf | Teacher Resources | Teacher Resource |
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007792
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Great Britain, Heinemann Library, 1997.
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32pRed Spine
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The Shakespeare Library
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A synopsis of the plot and analysis of the characters in Romeo & Juliet, an exploration of possible sources of inspiration, and a history of the play’s production. Includes different perspectives of directors and actors.
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The sources of Romeo and Juliet
The star-crossed lovers
Victims of chance?
The characters in the play
What happens in the play
The history of Romeo and Juliet on stage
Directors' perspectives
Actors' Perspectives
Sharks, Jets and Animated Tales
Index
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0431075239 Pb.
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Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
008181 | 822.33/GRE | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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016797
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New Delhi, Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd., 2013.
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ix, 444pWhite Spine
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In this book Bradley approaches the major tragedies of Shakespeare through an extended study of the characters, who are presented as personalities independent of their place in the plays. Though his approach has been questioned since the 1930s, the work is considered a classical masterpiece and is still widely read. The book studies in detail four tragedies of Shakespeare, namely, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth. But much that is said on the main preliminary subjects holds good, within certain limits, of other dramas of Shakespeare. Of course, it will apply to these other works only in part, and to some of them more fully than to others.
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9788171563807
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Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
I00940 | 822.33/SHA | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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016850
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Tempest
/ Shakespeare, William
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2003
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New York, Spark Publishing, 2003.
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xi, 203pBlack and Blue Spine
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No Fear Shakespeare
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Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play 'The Tempest' side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.
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9781586638498 Pb.
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Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
I00944 | 822.33/SHA | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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