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Tragedy in the contemporary American theatre / Robert J. Andreach.

Title

Tragedy in the contemporary American theatre / Robert J. Andreach.

Author

Andreach, Robert J.

Publication

Lanham, Maryland ; Toronto ; Plymouth, UK : University Press of America, Inc., [2014]
©2014

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Description

xv, 191 pages; 23 cm

Summary

This book refutes the claim that tragedy is no longer a vital and relevant part of contemporary American theatre. Tragedy in Contemporary American Theatre examines plays by multiple contemporary playwrights and compares them alongside the works of America's major 20th-century tragedians: Eugene O'Neill, Arthur Miller, and Tennessee Williams. The book argues that tragedy is not only present in contemporary American theatre, but issues from an expectation fundamental to American culture: the pressure on characters to create themselves. Tragedy in the Contemporary American Theatre concludes that tragedy is vital and relevant, though not always in the Aristotelian model, the standard for traditional evaluation. Book jacket.

Alternative Title

Tragedy in the contemporary American theater

Subject

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-183) and index.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

Introduction : questioning tragedy's vitality and relevance -- Isolation and loss of life -- Loss of hope and suffering -- Eugene O'Neill -- Arthur Miller -- Tennessee Williams -- More contemporary tragedy.

ISBN

9780761864004
0761864008
0978076186401 (electronic) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2014939719

OCLC

881208653
SCSB-12851443

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library