Five Great Tragedies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Five Great Tragedies write by William Shakespeare. This book was released on 1998. Five Great Tragedies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A volume of five of Shakespeare's most enduring works of tragedies, offering perennial insights into human emotion as well as telling inscriptions of the particular concerns of Shakespeare's own day.
Five Great Greek Tragedies
Five Great Greek Tragedies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Five Great Greek Tragedies write by Sophocles. This book was released on 2015-02-03. Five Great Greek Tragedies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Features Oedipus Rex and Electra by Sophocles (translated by George Young), Medea and Bacchae by Euripides (translated by Henry Hart Milman), and Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus (translated by George Thomson).
Five Revenge Tragedies
Five Revenge Tragedies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Five Revenge Tragedies write by Thomas Kyd. This book was released on 2012-05-31. Five Revenge Tragedies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. As the Elizabethan era gave way to the reign of James I, England grappled with corruption within the royal court and widespread religious anxiety. Dramatists responded with morally complex plays of dark wit and violent spectacle, exploring the nature of death, the abuse of power and vigilante justice. In Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy a father failed by the Spanish court seeks his own bloody retribution for his son's murder. Shakespeare's 1603 version of Hamlet creates an avenging Prince of unique psychological depth, while Chettle's The Tragedy of Hoffman is a fascinating reworking of Hamlet's themes, probably for a rival theatre company. In Marston's Antonio's Revenge, thwarted love leads inexorably to gory reprisals and in Middleton's The Revenger's Tragedy, malcontent Vindice unleashes an escalating orgy of mayhem on a debauched Duke for his bride's murder, in a ferocious satire reflecting the mounting disillusionment of the age. Emma Smith's introduction considers the political and religious climate behind the plays and the dramatic conventions within them. This edition includes a chronology, playwrights' biographies and suggestions for further reading.
Four Great Tragedies
Four Great Tragedies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Four Great Tragedies write by William Shakespeare. This book was released on 1985-02. Four Great Tragedies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Contains Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Tragedy in the Age of Oprah
Tragedy in the Age of Oprah - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Tragedy in the Age of Oprah write by Louis Fantasia. This book was released on 2012-12-21. Tragedy in the Age of Oprah available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In an era of Twitter and televised therapy, it may seem that classic theatre has little place in contemporary society. Accustomed to the indulgences of a celebrity-driven culture, how can modern audiences understand and interpret classic works of drama? In Tragedy in the Age of Oprah: Essays on Five Great Plays, Louis Fantasia provides a provocative examination of the relationship between popular culture and classical tragedy. Making a persuasive argument for the lessons tragedy has to offer today’s audiences, Fantasia examines five enduring works of theatre: Euripides’ Medea, William Shakespeare’s King Lear, Jean Racine’s Phèdre, Friedrich Schiller’s Mary Stuart, and Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey into Night. Fantasia discusses in detail each of these plays, framing them in a contemporary context that explores the suffering, responsibility, and identity that tragedy advocates. Each play is presented as an engaging, powerful encounter for the reader, recreating as closely as possible the impact of a great performance. A unique look at the role classical theatre can and should play in contemporary society, these essays reveal the lessons great plays have to teach us about ourselves. Directed toward theatre professionals and students, Tragedy in the Age of Oprah will also resonate with anyone interested in theatre, literature, and cultural studies.
