Tragedy: A Short IntroductionJohn Wiley & Sons, 9 feb. 2009 - 156 sidor Tragedy: A Short Introduction 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.
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... contemporary). Coverage is also afforded to such specific topics as “Arthurian Romance.” All are written by outstanding scholars as texts to inspire newcomers and others: nonspecialists wishing to revisit a topic, or general readers ...
... contemporary). Coverage is also afforded to such specific topics as “Arthurian Romance.” All are written by outstanding scholars as texts to inspire newcomers and others: nonspecialists wishing to revisit a topic, or general readers ...
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... contemporary drawing of the Swan Theatre, London, by Thomas Platt 4 The crowded space of a seventeenth-century French theater, by Abraham Bosse 5 A domestic scene from Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House, Royal Theatre of Copenhagen, 1879 10 ...
... contemporary drawing of the Swan Theatre, London, by Thomas Platt 4 The crowded space of a seventeenth-century French theater, by Abraham Bosse 5 A domestic scene from Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House, Royal Theatre of Copenhagen, 1879 10 ...
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... contemporary cinema, the conditions of performance, including setting, acting style, staging, and the composition of the audience, have defined its cultural impact and significance. Most tragedy was written to be played in a theater and ...
... contemporary cinema, the conditions of performance, including setting, acting style, staging, and the composition of the audience, have defined its cultural impact and significance. Most tragedy was written to be played in a theater and ...
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... schematic design of the Theatre of Dionysus,. ILLUSTRATION 1 The site of the Theatre of Dionysus in Athens today. Photo © istockphoto.com/Michael Palis ILLUSTRATION 3 A contemporary drawing of the Swan Theatre, London,. 4 Tragic Theaters.
... schematic design of the Theatre of Dionysus,. ILLUSTRATION 1 The site of the Theatre of Dionysus in Athens today. Photo © istockphoto.com/Michael Palis ILLUSTRATION 3 A contemporary drawing of the Swan Theatre, London,. 4 Tragic Theaters.
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... contemporary Western theatrical practice. It is hard for us to think how we could appreciate theater without seeing the details of facial expressions (even more so now when the cinematic close-up enlarges faces to gigantic proportions) ...
... contemporary Western theatrical practice. It is hard for us to think how we could appreciate theater without seeing the details of facial expressions (even more so now when the cinematic close-up enlarges faces to gigantic proportions) ...
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Tragic Form and Language | 32 |
Tragic Plots | 52 |
Tragic Heroes | 84 |
Tragic History and Tragic Future | 106 |
Plays Cited | 123 |
Bibliography | 125 |
Index | 131 |
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