A re-examination of tragedy and madness in eight selected plays from the Greeks to the 20th century
By: Gregory J. Reid.
Series: Studies in comparative literature ;; v. 44; Studies in comparative literature (Lewiston, N.Y.) ;; v. 44.
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Lewiston, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
Subjects: Tragedy -- History and criticism.; Mental illness in literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-225) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: the Signs of Madness 1515; title: The Meaning of Madness39; title: Reading the Greeks: The Libation Bearers, Antigone and The Bacchae 53; title: I: The Libation Bearers 54; title: II: Antigone 74; title: Im: The Bacchae 92; title: Reading Shakespeare: The Negation of Being and Becoming in O11ello and Macbeth105; title: I: Macbeth106; title: II: Othello121; title: Reading Modem Tragedy: Hedda Gabler, A Streetcar Named Desired Death of a Salesman139; title: I: Hedda Gabler142; title: II: A Streetcar Named Desire154; title: m : Death of a Salesman166; title: Conclusion: Reading Tragedy in the Negative173; title: Notes191; title: Bibliography215; title: Index227.