TY - BOOK AU - Bushnell,Rebecca W. TI - A companion to tragedy T2 - Blackwell companions to literature and culture SN - 1405141425 AV - PN1892 .C66 2007EBK PY - 2007/// CY - Malden, MA PB - Blackwell Pub. KW - Tragedy KW - History and criticism KW - Tragédie KW - Histoire et critique KW - TRAVEL KW - Special Interest KW - Literary KW - bisacsh KW - LITERARY CRITICISM KW - General KW - fast KW - Tragedies KW - gtt KW - Tragedie KW - rvm KW - Electronic books KW - local KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - BIBINDX; A Companion to Tragedy; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Tragic Thought; 1 Greek Tragedy and Ritual; 2 Tragedy and Dionysus; 3 Aristotle's Poetics: A Defense of Tragic Fiction; 4 The Greatness and Limits of Hegel's Theory of Tragedy; 5 Nietzsche and Tragedy; 6 Tragedy and Psychoanalysis: Freud and Lacan; 7 Tragedy and City; 8 Tragedy and Materialist Thought; 9 Tragedy and Feminism; 10 Tragedy and Myth; 11 Tragedy and Epic; 12 Tragedy in Performance; 13 The Tragic Choral Group: Dramatic Roles and Social Functions; 14 Women in Greek Tragedy N2 - A Companion to Tragedy is an essential resource for anyone interested in exploring the role of tragedy in Western history and culture. The Companion is based on the premise that the genre of tragedy is inseparable from history, insofar as it was born in the Greek city-state, and its life has been intertwined with the fate of dynasties, revolutions, and crises of social change. At the same time, this historical approach is complemented by consideration of philosophical and religious readings of tragedy. Featuring essays by renowned scholars from multiple disciplines, the volume is therefore str UR - https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470996393 ER -