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OverviewThis book reads tragedy as a genre in which the protagonist is estranged from the world around him, and, displaced in time, space, and language, comes to inhabit a milieu which is no longer shared by other characters. This alienation from others also entails a decomposition of the integrity of the individual, which is often seen in tragedy's uncertainty about the protagonists' autonomy: do they act, or do the gods act through them? Where are the boundaries of the self, and the boundaries of the human? After an introductory essay exploring the theatrical and linguistic means by which the protagonist is made to inhabit a strange and singular world, the book devotes essays to plays from classical, renaissance, and neo-classical literature by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Seneca, Shakespeare, and Racine. Close attention is paid to the linguistic strangeness of the texts which is often smoothed over by editors and translators, as it is through the weirdness of tragic language that the deep estrangement of the characters is shown. Accordingly, the Greek, Latin, and French texts are quoted in the originals, with translations added, and attention is paid to textual cruces which illustrate the linguistic and conceptual difficulties of these plays. Full Product DetailsAuthor: 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: 9780199572601ISBN 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 Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsA 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 ; IndexReviews<br> Hammond...writes clearly and intelligently, making his study both accessible and interesting to a broad audience. Highly recommended. --Choice<br> Author InformationPaul 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |