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| Time in the Play of "Hamlet" Publication Date: April 1986| ISBN-10: 0404542050 | ISBN-13: 978-0404542054Read before the Royal Society, December 3rd 1885. --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.... | |
![]() | Tragedias de Shakespeare (Spanish Edition) Publication Date: January 10, 2007Las pasiones que agitaban a los personajes de Shakespeare siguen moviendo a los narradores espanoles de hoy. Los celos, la ambicion, el despecho, el orgullo herido, la decadencia personal, la ambicion de poder. Todos los eternos sentimientos que dominan a los personajes shakesperianos de nuevo sobre la escena. Hamlet en un psiquiatrico, Marco Antonio soltando su discurso por la television, el Rey Lear en el asilo. Escritores espanoles y latinoamericanos de hoy nos dan sorprendentes versiones narrativas de obras de la literatura universal. ... |
| Titus Andronicus (Shakespeare in Performance) Publication Date: March 1990| ISBN-10: 0719027438 | ISBN-13: 978-0719027437| Edition: First. Each volume in the "Shakespeare in Performance" series analyzes a particular play, choosing for detailed discussion a small number of stage productions which seem to throw the most light on the play in question. This volume provides a comparative account of various British productions of "Titus Andronicus", including the Peter Brook-Laurence Olivier production of 1955 and the Deborah Warner-Brian Cox rendition of 1987. Alan Dessen focuses on particular moments in the play, the problems encountere... | |
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![]() | Tragedy and Fear: Why Modern Tragic Drama Fails Publication Date: July 20, 1972This study of the relationship between the world-view in modern serious playwriting and the effectiveness of modern attempts at tragic drama is also an examination of the perennial problem of tragic spirit: is tragedy optimistic or pessimistic? This provocative and stimulating book is the first detailed analysis of whether tragedy hints at hope or acts out dread.A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These ed... |
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![]() | Tragedy and Citizenship: Conflict, Reconciliation, and Democracy from Haemon to Hegel Publication Date: November 6, 2008| ISBN-10: 0791476294 | ISBN-13: 978-0791476291A study of attitudes toward tragedy in both democratic and nondemocratic political theory. ... |
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| Themes and conventions of Elizabethan tragedy, Publication Date: 1935The first edition of this book formed the basis of the modern approach to Elizabethan poetic drama as a performing art, an approach pursued in subsequent volumes by Professor Bradbrook. Its influence has also extended to other fields; it has been studied by Grigori Kozintesev and Sergei Eisenstein for instance. Conventions of open stage, stylized plot and characters, and actors' traditions of presentation are related to the special expectations which a rhetorical training produced in the listeners. The general discussion of tragic conventions is followed by individual s... | |
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| The use of myths to create suspense in extant Greek tragedy, Publication Date: 1966This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuab... | |
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| When A Young Man Falls in Love: The Sexual Exploitation of Women in New Comedy Publication Date: November 13, 2012| ISBN-10: 0415642795 | ISBN-13: 978-0415642798When A Young Man Falls in Love examines the plays of New Comedy to reveal how the sexual relationships between the male and female protagonists are essentially exploitative. It poses important questions about the dramatic portrayal of women in the Greek and Roman worlds.... | |
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| The use of myths to create suspense in extant Greek tragedy, Publication Date: 1966This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuab... | |
| The White Devil Discover'd (American Univ Studies, Series IV, English Language & Literature Vol 5) ... | |
| Versions of Heroism in Modern American Drama: Redefinitions by Miller, O'Neill, and Anderson ... | |
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| Themes and conventions of Elizabethan tragedy, Publication Date: 1935The first edition of this book formed the basis of the modern approach to Elizabethan poetic drama as a performing art, an approach pursued in subsequent volumes by Professor Bradbrook. Its influence has also extended to other fields; it has been studied by Grigori Kozintesev and Sergei Eisenstein for instance. Conventions of open stage, stylized plot and characters, and actors' traditions of presentation are related to the special expectations which a rhetorical training produced in the listeners. The general discussion of tragic conventions is followed by individual s... | |
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![]() | Thaed Publication Date: March 4, 2009This imaginative, full length play had its world debut at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center in Salt Lake City, UT in September of 2007."Thaed" is a tragedy in the classical mode.Follow Lawrence as he attempts to save himself from the insanity and depression that has ruled his life.Every action taken in an attempt to cure himself only takes him closer to destroying everything dear to him when Lawrence's imaginary world becomes entangled in the "real." This edition includes concept art by Amanda Sharette and cover art by Jeff Davis. ... |
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| Titus Andronicus (Shakespeare in Performance) Publication Date: March 1990| ISBN-10: 0719027438 | ISBN-13: 978-0719027437| Edition: First. Each volume in the "Shakespeare in Performance" series analyzes a particular play, choosing for detailed discussion a small number of stage productions which seem to throw the most light on the play in question. This volume provides a comparative account of various British productions of "Titus Andronicus", including the Peter Brook-Laurence Olivier production of 1955 and the Deborah Warner-Brian Cox rendition of 1987. Alan Dessen focuses on particular moments in the play, the problems encountere... | |
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![]() | Tragedy and Citizenship: Conflict, Reconciliation, and Democracy from Haemon to Hegel Publication Date: November 6, 2008| ISBN-10: 0791476294 | ISBN-13: 978-0791476291A study of attitudes toward tragedy in both democratic and nondemocratic political theory. ... |
| Tragedy and the theory of drama (Waynebook) ... | |
| Time in the Play of "Hamlet" Publication Date: April 1986| ISBN-10: 0404542050 | ISBN-13: 978-0404542054Read before the Royal Society, December 3rd 1885. --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.... | |
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![]() | Tragedias de Shakespeare (Spanish Edition) Publication Date: January 10, 2007Las pasiones que agitaban a los personajes de Shakespeare siguen moviendo a los narradores espanoles de hoy. Los celos, la ambicion, el despecho, el orgullo herido, la decadencia personal, la ambicion de poder. Todos los eternos sentimientos que dominan a los personajes shakesperianos de nuevo sobre la escena. Hamlet en un psiquiatrico, Marco Antonio soltando su discurso por la television, el Rey Lear en el asilo. Escritores espanoles y latinoamericanos de hoy nos dan sorprendentes versiones narrativas de obras de la literatura universal. ... |
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![]() | Tragedy Publication Date: April 21, 1998This introduction to Greek tragedy, the origin of much of our modern drama, is the work of a remarkable scholar who is also a practical man of theater. The author of magisterial studies of Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov and Shaw, and of symbolism in the theater from the nineteenth century to our times, Maurice Valency has written for the stage and for television, and he translated, adapted and collaborated in producing two great Broadway successes–Giraudoux's the Mad Woman of Chaillot and Durrenmatt's The Visit. ... |
![]() | Tragedy and Fear: Why Modern Tragic Drama Fails Publication Date: July 20, 1972This study of the relationship between the world-view in modern serious playwriting and the effectiveness of modern attempts at tragic drama is also an examination of the perennial problem of tragic spirit: is tragedy optimistic or pessimistic? This provocative and stimulating book is the first detailed analysis of whether tragedy hints at hope or acts out dread.A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These ed... |
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| When A Young Man Falls in Love: The Sexual Exploitation of Women in New Comedy Publication Date: November 13, 2012| ISBN-10: 0415642795 | ISBN-13: 978-0415642798When A Young Man Falls in Love examines the plays of New Comedy to reveal how the sexual relationships between the male and female protagonists are essentially exploitative. It poses important questions about the dramatic portrayal of women in the Greek and Roman worlds.... | |
![]() | Women of Trakhis: A New Translation Release Date: August 7, 2012 A dynamic and necessary new translation of Sophocles' unsparing drama about a desperate wife's lethal scheme to keep her warrior husband's wavering love In Women of Trakhis, Sophocles challenges the very ideal of Greek manhood, portraying the classic mythological hero Herakles as a man equally capable of courageous feats and savage acts. Deianeira is an ordinary woman married to Herakles, the most feared and storied hero of the ancient world. To preserve their marriage she must constantly struggle to keep her husband's affection, cope with her anxieties about... |
![]() | The Tragic Plane Publication Date: October 24, 1985| ISBN-10: 0198128436 | ISBN-13: 978-0198128434| Edition: First Edition What constitutes tragedy?This study examines some of the world's greatest tragic dramas and tries to discover what elements produce a tragic effect.Mason here contends that the effect cannot be properly described in the terms used by philosophers, psychologists, or theologians: tragedy occurs on its own plane on which the characters in the plays are seen at once as agents and pasive sufferers in an action where the human and the divine come together in a unique way to produce the tra... |
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| The use of myths to create suspense in extant Greek tragedy, Publication Date: 1966This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuab... | |
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![]() | Unzeitgemaesses Denken bei Sophokles (Hermes - Einzelschriften) (German Edition) Publication Date: December 1, 2001| ISBN-10: 3515079637 | ISBN-13: 978-3515079631Die sieben erhaltenen Dramen des Tragikers Sophokles entstanden in der zweiten Halfte des 5. Jahrhunderts v. Chr. Athen war damals von der Dynamik eines umfassenden geistigen Wandels gepragt. Die radikale Demokratie durchdrang alle Lebensbereiche und wurde vielfach als Bedrohung uberkommener Werte, insbesondere im Bereich der Familie empfunden. In der Arbeit wird versucht zu zeigen, wie Sophokles die grossen Gestalten seiner Tragodien (Aias, Herakles, Antigone, Elektra, Odipus und Philoktet) zu Vertretern ei... |
| The use of myths to create suspense in extant Greek tragedy, Publication Date: 1966This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuab... | |
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| Versions of Heroism in Modern American Drama: Redefinitions by Miller, O'Neill, and Anderson ... | |
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| When A Young Man Falls in Love: The Sexual Exploitation of Women in New Comedy Publication Date: November 13, 2012| ISBN-10: 0415642795 | ISBN-13: 978-0415642798When A Young Man Falls in Love examines the plays of New Comedy to reveal how the sexual relationships between the male and female protagonists are essentially exploitative. It poses important questions about the dramatic portrayal of women in the Greek and Roman worlds.... | |
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![]() | William Shakespeare: Hamlet Publication Date: March 11, 2009| ISBN-10: 1442107022 | ISBN-13: 978-1442107021The greatest and longest Tragedy written by Shakespeare. ... |
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![]() | Women of Trakhis: A New Translation Release Date: August 7, 2012 A dynamic and necessary new translation of Sophocles' unsparing drama about a desperate wife's lethal scheme to keep her warrior husband's wavering love In Women of Trakhis, Sophocles challenges the very ideal of Greek manhood, portraying the classic mythological hero Herakles as a man equally capable of courageous feats and savage acts. Deianeira is an ordinary woman married to Herakles, the most feared and storied hero of the ancient world. To preserve their marriage she must constantly struggle to keep her husband's affection, cope with her anxieties about... |
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![]() | The villain as hero in Elizabethan tragedy Publication Date: 1964Publisher: London, G. Routledge and sons, limited; New York, E.P. Dutton ... |
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![]() | The Tragic Plane Publication Date: October 24, 1985| ISBN-10: 0198128436 | ISBN-13: 978-0198128434| Edition: First Edition What constitutes tragedy?This study examines some of the world's greatest tragic dramas and tries to discover what elements produce a tragic effect.Mason here contends that the effect cannot be properly described in the terms used by philosophers, psychologists, or theologians: tragedy occurs on its own plane on which the characters in the plays are seen at once as agents and pasive sufferers in an action where the human and the divine come together in a unique way to produce the tra... |
![]() | Tragedy and Fear: Why Modern Tragic Drama Fails Publication Date: July 20, 1972This study of the relationship between the world-view in modern serious playwriting and the effectiveness of modern attempts at tragic drama is also an examination of the perennial problem of tragic spirit: is tragedy optimistic or pessimistic? This provocative and stimulating book is the first detailed analysis of whether tragedy hints at hope or acts out dread.A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These ed... |
| The use of myths to create suspense in extant Greek tragedy, Publication Date: 1966This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuab... | |
| Unnatural Scene: Study in Shakespearian Tragedy (University Paperbacks) ... | |
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| Tragic Patterns in Jacobean and Caroline Drama ... | |
![]() | Tragic Seneca: An Essay in the Theatrical Tradition Publication Date: October 2, 1997| ISBN-10: 0415124956 | ISBN-13: 978-0415124959| Edition: 1 Tragic Seneca undertakes a radical re-evaluation of Seneca's plays, their relationship to Roman imperial culture and their instrumental role in the evolution of the European theatrical tradition. Each of Seneca's plays is examined in detail, locating the force of Senecan drama not only in the moral complexity of the texts and their representations of power, violence, history, suffering and the self, but the semiotic interplay of text, tradition and culture. The later chapters focus on Seneca's in... |
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![]() | Tragedy Publication Date: April 21, 1998This introduction to Greek tragedy, the origin of much of our modern drama, is the work of a remarkable scholar who is also a practical man of theater. The author of magisterial studies of Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov and Shaw, and of symbolism in the theater from the nineteenth century to our times, Maurice Valency has written for the stage and for television, and he translated, adapted and collaborated in producing two great Broadway successes–Giraudoux's the Mad Woman of Chaillot and Durrenmatt's The Visit. ... |
| Tragic Alphabet: Shakespeare's Drama of Language ... | |
| The tragic drama of the Greeks Publication Date: 1896This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.... | |
![]() | Tragedy and Citizenship: Conflict, Reconciliation, and Democracy from Haemon to Hegel Publication Date: November 6, 2008| ISBN-10: 0791476294 | ISBN-13: 978-0791476291A study of attitudes toward tragedy in both democratic and nondemocratic political theory. ... |
| Versions of Heroism in Modern American Drama: Redefinitions by Miller, O'Neill, and Anderson ... | |
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![]() | Unzeitgemaesses Denken bei Sophokles (Hermes - Einzelschriften) (German Edition) Publication Date: December 1, 2001| ISBN-10: 3515079637 | ISBN-13: 978-3515079631Die sieben erhaltenen Dramen des Tragikers Sophokles entstanden in der zweiten Halfte des 5. Jahrhunderts v. Chr. Athen war damals von der Dynamik eines umfassenden geistigen Wandels gepragt. Die radikale Demokratie durchdrang alle Lebensbereiche und wurde vielfach als Bedrohung uberkommener Werte, insbesondere im Bereich der Familie empfunden. In der Arbeit wird versucht zu zeigen, wie Sophokles die grossen Gestalten seiner Tragodien (Aias, Herakles, Antigone, Elektra, Odipus und Philoktet) zu Vertretern ei... |
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![]() | The Tragedie of Macbeth: A Frankly Annotated First Folio Edition Publication Date: September 12, 2012| ISBN-10: 0786464798 | ISBN-13: 978-0786464791| Edition: Annotated As Shakespeare's works are most accessible when viewed as working theatrical playscripts, "The Tragedie of Macbeth: A Frankly Annotated First Folio Edition" preserves the spelling, capitalization, and punctuation of the First Folio of 1623 while at the same time providing the most comprehensive, revelatory, and plainspoken annotation to date. Based on the principle that Shakespeare's plays were written as popular (and not entirely decent) entertainments aimed at an adult (and n... |
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