A Companion to Tragedy is an essential resource for anyone interested in exploring the role of tragedy in Western history and culture. The Companion is based on the premise that the genre of tragedy is inseparable from history, insofar as it was born in the Greek city-state, and its life has been intertwined with the fate of dynasties, revolutions, and crises of social change. At the same time, this historical approach is complemented by consideration of philosophical and religious readings of tragedy. Featuring essays by renowned scholars from multiple disciplines, the volume is therefore str
A Companion to Tragedy is an essential resource for anyone interested in exploring the role of tragedy in Western history and culture. The Companion is based on the premise that the genre of tragedy is inseparable from history, insofar as it was born...
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A Companion to Tragedy is an essential resource for anyone interested in exploring the role of tragedy in Western history and culture. The Companion is based on the premise that the genre of tragedy is inseparable from history, insofar as it was born in the Greek city-state, and its life has been intertwined with the fate of dynasties, revolutions, and crises of social change. At the same time, this historical approach is complemented by consideration of philosophical and religious readings of tragedy. Featuring essays by renowned scholars from multiple disciplines, the volume is therefore str
A Companion to Tragedy; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Tragic Thought; 1 Greek Tragedy and Ritual; 2 Tragedy and Dionysus; 3 Aristotle's Poetics: A Defense of Tragic Fiction; 4 The Greatness and Limits of Hegel's Theory of Tragedy; 5 Nietzsche and Tragedy; 6 Tragedy and Psychoanalysis: Freud and Lacan; 7 Tragedy and City; 8 Tragedy and Materialist Thought; 9 Tragedy and Feminism; 10 Tragedy and Myth; 11 Tragedy and Epic; 12 Tragedy in Performance; 13 The Tragic Choral Group: Dramatic Roles and Social Functions; 14 Women in Greek Tragedy
