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"Edith Hall offers an introduction to Greek tragedy which argues that the essential feature of the genre is that it depicts terrible human suffering and death, but in a way that invites philosophical enquiry into their causes and effects. This enquiry was played out in the bright sunlight of open-air theatre, which became a key marker of the boundary between living and dead. The first half of the book is divided into four chapters which address the...
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"This is a concise and well-informed introduction to the study of Greek tragedy. Originally published in a German edition in 1986, it is now made available for the first time in English." "Bernhard Zimmermann begins by discussing how the tragic canon was formed and by tracing the early history of the tragic act. In lively and thorough summaries of the major works of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, he examines such topics as techniques of characterization,...
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These seven essays by leading scholars and critics examine tragic themes in Western literature. They identify the qualities that give each work under discussion its distinctive characters and seek to reveal the ultimate human unity which underlies all great tragedies. - from the back cover.
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