{"product_id":"tragedy-1","title":"Tragedy","description":"\u003cp\u003eTragedy 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTragedy 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis accessible resource is an invaluable guide for anyone studying tragedy in literature or theatre studies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47178347413848,"sku":"","price":26.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781032013800.jpg?v=1777095951","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/tragedy-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}