num_pages: 348
description: Terry Eagleton's Tragedy provides a major critical and analytical account of the concept of 'tragedy' from its origins in the Ancient world right down to the twenty-first century.A major new intellectual endeavour from one of the world's finest, and most controversial, cultural theorists.Provides an analytical account of the concept of 'tragedy' from its origins in the ancient world to the present day.Explores the idea of the 'tragic' across all genres of writing, as well as in philosophy, politics, religion and psychology, and throughout western culture.Considers the psychological, religious and socio-political implications and consequences of our fascination with the tragic.
language: English
title: Sweet Violence: The Idea of the Tragic
titlecomplete: Sweet Violence: The Idea of the Tragic
genres: Theatre, Philosophy, Cultural, Tragedy, Criticism, Theory, Nonfiction, History, Literary Criticism, Research
ratings_count: 115
publisher: Wiley-Blackwell