Modern European tragedy : exploring crucial plays /: exploring crucial plays. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Annamaria Cascetta.
• Authors: Cascetta, Annamaria
• Contents: Introduction: The Tragic, Tragedy and the Idea of the Limit; Chapter 1: Hubris and Guilt: ‘Genganere’ (‘Ghosts’) by Henrik Ibsen; Chapter 2: Eve Becomes Mary: ‘L’Annonce faite à Marie’ (‘The Tidings Brought to Mary’) by Paul Claudel; Chapter 3: The School of Hatred: ‘Mourning Becomes Electra’ by Eugene O’Neill; Chapter 4: The Destiny of Man is Man: ‘Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder’ (‘Mother Courage and her Children’) by Bertolt Brecht; Chapter 5: The Tragic and the Absurd: ‘Caligula’ by Albert Camus; Chapter 6: Dianoetic Laughter in Tragedy: Accepting Finitude: ‘Endgame’ by Samuel Beckett; Chapter 7: The Arrogance of Reason and the ‘Disappearance of the Fireflies’: ‘Pilade’ (‘Pylades’) by Pier Paolo Pasolini; Chapter 8: The Apocalypse of a Civilization: From ‘Akropolis’ to ‘Apocalypsis cum figuris’ by Jerzy Grotowski; A Provisional Epilogue: Between the Experience and the Representation of the Tragic: Towards a Performative Theatre; Appendix: Chronology of Productions; Notes; Index
• Publisher Details: London New York : Anthem Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (237 pages .)
• Subjects: 809.2/512; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General; European drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism; European drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Tragedy -- History and criticism; European drama; European drama (Tragedy); Tragedy; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1783081619; 9781783081615
• Related ISBNs: 9781783081530; 1783081538
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.