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By Rebecca Bushnell

ISBN-10: 1405107359

ISBN-13: 9781405107358

ISBN-10: 1405192461

ISBN-13: 9781405192460

A spouse to Tragedy is a vital source for someone attracted to exploring the position of tragedy in Western historical past and tradition.

  • Tells the tale of the historic improvement of tragedy from classical Greece to modernity
  • Features 28 essays via well known students from a number of disciplines, together with classics, English, drama, anthropology and philosophy
  • Broad in its scope and ambition, it considers interpretations of tragedy via faith, philosophy and history
  • Offers a clean review of old Greek tragedy and demonstrates how the perform of examining tragedy has replaced greatly some time past decades

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