Tragedy and Dramatic Theatre
Author:   Hans-Thies Lehmann (University of Frankfurt, Germany) ,  Henry Erik Butler
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9781138852617


Pages:   466
Publication Date:   10 May 2016
Format:   Hardback
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Tragedy and Dramatic Theatre


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This comprehensive, authoritative account of tragedy is the culmination of Hans-Thies Lehmann’s groundbreaking contributions to theatre and performance scholarship. It is a major milestone in our understanding of this core foundation of the dramatic arts. From the philosophical roots and theories of tragedy, through its inextricable relationship with drama, to its impact upon post-dramatic forms, this is the definitive work in its field. Lehmann plots a course through the history of dramatic thought, taking in Aristotle, Plato, Seneca, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Lacan, Shakespeare, Schiller, Holderlin, Wagner, Maeterlinck, Yeats, Brecht, Kantor, Heiner Müller and Sarah Kane.

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Author:   Hans-Thies Lehmann (University of Frankfurt, Germany) ,  Henry Erik Butler
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.793kg
ISBN:  

9781138852617


ISBN 10:   1138852619
Pages:   466
Publication Date:   10 May 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

"Introduction Part I. Theory, Theater, the Tragic 1. Palaia diaphora—An ""Old Dispute"" between Philosophical Theory and Tragedy 2. Approaches to the Tragic 3. Casus Seneca: Tragedy and the Hyperbole of Revenge 4. Theater/Experience and the Tragic 5. The Model of Antigone Part II. Drama and Tragedy 6. The Dramatization of Tragedy 7. Pure Dramatic Tragedy: Racine 8. Tragoedia and Trauerspiel: Tragedy and Mourning 9. Crises of Dramatic Tragedy: Schiller, Hölderlin, Kleist Part III. Dramatic and Post-Dramatic Tragedy 10. The Dissolution of the Dramatic: Musikdrama and Lyric Tragedy 11. Tragedy and Post-Dramatic Theatre Appendix Notes Bibliography Index"

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Professor Hans-Thies Lehmann is one of the most eminent and internationally renowned German theatre scholars. He is a leading expert on Bertolt Brecht and Heiner Muller, and President of the International Brecht Society. His groundbreaking study Postdramatic Theatre (1999) was translated into more than twenty languages and has made a pivotal contribution to the theorisation of contemporary international theatre and performance practice.

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