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Carney, Sean, 1970-

The politics and poetics of contemporary English tragedy / Sean Carney. - Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2013. - 1 online resource (vi, 346 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-334) and index.

David Hare: the work of mourning, or, the agony and the ecstasy of the bourgeoisie -- Howard Barker: will and desire -- from the tragedy of socialism to the ecstasy of the unconscious -- Edward Bond: tragedy and postmodernity, or, the Promethean impulse -- Caryl Churchill: the Dionysian Möbius strip -- New English tragedians: the tragedy of the tragic.

The Politics and Poetics of Contemporary English Tragedy is a detailed study of the idea of the tragic in the political plays of David Hare, Howard Barker, Edward Bond, Caryl Churchill, Mark Ravenhill, Sarah Kane, and Jez Butterworth.


English.

ISBN: 1442663502 (electronic bk.) 9781442663503 (electronic bk.) (cloth) (cloth) (paper) (paper)

Source: 22573/ctt55nh4 JSTOR

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Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1900-2099

Subjects--Topical Terms:
English drama (Tragedy)--History and criticism.
English drama--History and criticism.--20th century
English drama--History and criticism.--21st century
Politics in literature.
Loss (Psychology) in literature.
Self in literature.
Tragédie anglaise--Histoire et critique.
Théâtre anglais--Histoire et critique.--20e siècle
Théâtre anglais--Histoire et critique.--21e siècle
Politique dans la littérature.
Perte (Psychologie) dans la littérature.
Moi (Psychologie) dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM--Drama.
DRAMA--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English drama.
English drama (Tragedy)
Loss (Psychology) in literature.
Politics in literature.
Self in literature.
Tragödie
Englisch
Englisch.
Tragödie.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

LC Class. No.: PR739.P64 / C37 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 822/.91409