The Strangeness of Tragedy
Author:   Paul Hammond (Professor of Seventeenth-Century English Literature, University of Leeds)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780199572601


Pages:   216
Publication Date:   17 September 2009
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Paul Hammond (Professor of Seventeenth-Century English Literature, University of Leeds)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.40cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.30cm
Weight:   0.420kg
ISBN:  

9780199572601


ISBN 10:   0199572607
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   17 September 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

A Note on Texts and Translations ; Abbreviations ; Prologue ; 1. The Work of Tragedy ; 2. Aeschylus, Oresteia ; 3. Sophocles, Electra ; 4. Sophocles, Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus ; 5. Sophocles, Antigone ; 6. Seneca, Thyestes ; 7. Shakespeare, Macbeth ; 8. Shakespeare, Othello ; 9. Shakespeare, King Lear ; 10. Racine, Phedre ; Epilogue ; Index

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<br> Hammond...writes clearly and intelligently, making his study both accessible and interesting to a broad audience. Highly recommended. --Choice<br>


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Paul Hammond was educated at Peter Symonds' School, Winchester, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was a Prize Fellow from 1978 to 1982. He subsequently taught at the University of Leeds, where he has been Professor of Seventeenth-Century English Literature since 1996. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2002.

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