{"product_id":"9781405130202","title":"Tragedy A Short Introduction","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWiley Blackwell Introductions to Literature\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eTragedy\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Short Introduction\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRebecca Bushnell\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTragedy: A Short Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e reinvigorates the genre for readers who are eager to embrace it, but who often find the traditional masterpieces too distant from their own language and world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eArgues that today's most popular television shows and films thrive on the type of violence, passion, madness, and catastrophe first introduced to the stage in fifth century Athens\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers selected case studies that exemplify the compelling qualities of tragedy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReviews the history of tragic performance and the qualities of the classic tragic hero, and clarifies the role of plot in defining traged\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnalyzes the difference between a tragedy, a catastrophe, and a mere unhappy ending\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the past and future of the tragic form\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eRebecca Bushnell\u003c\/b\u003e is Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences and Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania. She edited \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e and authored \u003ci\u003eGreen Desire: Imagining Early Modern English Gardens, A Culture of Teaching: Early Modern Humanism in Theory and Practice, Tragedies of Tyrants: Political Thought and Theater in the English Renaissance,\u003c\/i\u003e and Prophesying \u003ci\u003eTragedy: Sign and Voice in Sophocles’ Theban Plays.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e05 November 2007\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405130202\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e156\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44315150483596,"sku":"9781405130202","price":107.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405130202.jpg?v=1780202809","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405130202","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}