A01=Brian Phillips
A01=Douglas Gwyn
A01=Pink Dandelion
A01=Rachel Muers
Agnostic
Allen Baker
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greek Tragedy
apocalyptic narratives
Archetypal Plot
Author_Brian Phillips
Author_Douglas Gwyn
Author_Pink Dandelion
Author_Rachel Muers
Category=QRA
Chicken Tikka Masala
City Dionysia
dandelion
divine
Early Quaker
English identity
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eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
Extant Greek Tragedy
Extant Tragedies
Greek Tragedy
history
Human Suffering
Jan Christian Smuts
Lamb's War
lambs
Lamb’s War
Late Victorian
Mark 1
Mark's Gospel
Mark’s Gospel
Peace Elite
Peace Testimony
pink
Pink Dandelion
postmodernity analysis
providence
quaker
Quaker Faith
Quaker history
Quaker Movement
religious studies
secularisation theory
swarthmore
Theodicy
tragedy in Quaker thought
tragic
Tragic Uplift
uplift
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9781138383418
- Weight: 360g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 23 Aug 2018
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The 'death of tragedy' in the modern era has been proposed and debated in recent years, largely in terms of literature and western culture in general. Today, any catastrophe or misadventure is likely to be labeled a 'tragedy', without any inference of a larger, transcendent horizon or providential design that the word once conveyed. This book offers new perspectives on the idea of the 'death of tragedy', taking England and the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in particular as a case study. Chapters focus on the origins of tragedy in ancient Greece, gospel and tragedy, the beginnings of the Quaker movement in seventeenth-century England, apocalyptic versus secularized experiences of time, Edwardian Quaker triumphalism, the search for English identity in postcolonial Britain, liberal Quakerism at the end of the twentieth century, and the promise and dilemma of postmodernity. The different disciplinary perspectives of the contributing authors bring literature, history, theology and sociology into a creative and revealing conversation. A Foreword by Richard Fenn introduces the book with an original and provocative meditation on tragedy and time.
Pink Dandelion is Honorary Professor in Quaker Studies, University of Birmingham, and Programmes Leader, Centre for Postgraduate Quaker Studies, Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre and the University of Birmingham. He is also Editor, Quaker Studies, and Convenor, Quaker Studies Research Association
