{"product_id":"modern-tragedy-hardcover","title":"Modern Tragedy - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Moran\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSimon Shepherd\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat distinguishes modern tragedy from other forms of drama? How does it relate to contemporary political and social conditions? To what ends have artists employed the tragic form in different locations during the 20th century? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Partly motivated by the urgency of our current situation in an age of ecocidal crisis, \u003ci\u003eModern Tragedy \u003c\/i\u003eencompasses a variety of drama from throughout the 20th century. James Moran begins this book with John Millington Synge's \u003ci\u003eRiders to the Sea \u003c\/i\u003e(1904), which shows how environmental awareness might be expressed through tragic drama. Moran also looks at Brecht's reworking of Synge's drama in the 1937 play \u003ci\u003eSeñora Carrar's Rifles\u003c\/i\u003e, and situates Brecht's script in the light of the theatre practitioner's broader ideas about tragedy. Brecht's tragic thinking - informed by Hegel and Marx - is contrasted with the Schopenhauerian approach of Samuel Beckett. The volume goes on to examine theatre makers whose ideas were partly motivated by applying an understanding of the tragic narrative of Synge's \u003ci\u003eRiders to the Sea \u003c\/i\u003eto postcolonial contexts\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eLooking at Derek Walcott's \u003ci\u003eThe Sea at Dauphin \u003c\/i\u003e(1954), and J.P. Clark's \u003ci\u003eThe Goat \u003c\/i\u003e(1961), \u003ci\u003e Modern Tragedy \u003c\/i\u003eexplores how tragedy, a form that is often associated with regressive assumptions about hegemony, might be rethought, and how aspects of the tragic may coincide with the experiences and concerns of authors and audiences of colour.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Moran \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Modern English Literature and Drama at the University of Nottingham, UK. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eModernists and the Theatre \u003c\/i\u003e(Methuen Drama, 2022), \u003ci\u003eThe Theatre of D.H. Lawrence \u003c\/i\u003e(Methuen Drama, 2015) and \u003ci\u003eThe Theatre of Sean O'Casey\u003c\/i\u003e (Methuen Drama, 2013).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 23, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47335220117753,"sku":"9781350139787","price":109.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/bWNHNEZNbXVJMlVXTHl2QkNpWFhIZz09.webp?v=1769657501","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/modern-tragedy-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}