Tragedy

<p>Tragedy 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.</p><p>Tragedy 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.</p><p>This accessible resource is an invaluable guide for anyone studying tragedy in literature or theatre studies.</p>