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The politics and poetics of contemporary English tragedy, Sean Carney

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  • "The Politics and Poetics of Contemporary English Tragedy is a detailed study of the idea of the tragic in the political plays of David Hare, Howard Barker, Edward Bond, Caryl Churchill, Mark Ravenhill, Sarah Kane, and Jez Butterworth. Through an in-depth analysis of over sixty of their works, Sean Carney argues that their dramatic exploration of tragic experience is an integral part of their ongoing politics. This approach allows for a comprehensive rather than selective study of both the politics and poetics of their work
  • Carney's attention to the tragic enables him to find a common discourse among the canonical English playwrights of an older generation and representatives of the nineties generation, challenging the idea that there is a sharp generational break between these groups. Finally, Carney demonstrates that tragic experience is often denied by the social discourse of Englishness, and that these playwrights make a crucial critical intervention by dramatizing the tragic."--Pub. desc
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
vi, 346 pages
Contents
  • David Hare: the work of mourning, or, the agony and the ecstasy of the bourgeoisie
  • Howard Barker: will and desire-- from the tragedy of socialism to the ecstasy of the unconscious
  • Edward Bond: tragedy and postmodernity, or, the Promethean impulse
  • Caryl Churchill: the Dionysian Möbius strip
  • New English tragedians: the tragedy of the tragic
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9781442645738
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The politics and poetics of contemporary English tragedy
Title
The politics and poetics of contemporary English tragedy
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Sean Carney
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Author
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Language
eng
Summary
  • "The Politics and Poetics of Contemporary English Tragedy is a detailed study of the idea of the tragic in the political plays of David Hare, Howard Barker, Edward Bond, Caryl Churchill, Mark Ravenhill, Sarah Kane, and Jez Butterworth. Through an in-depth analysis of over sixty of their works, Sean Carney argues that their dramatic exploration of tragic experience is an integral part of their ongoing politics. This approach allows for a comprehensive rather than selective study of both the politics and poetics of their work
  • Carney's attention to the tragic enables him to find a common discourse among the canonical English playwrights of an older generation and representatives of the nineties generation, challenging the idea that there is a sharp generational break between these groups. Finally, Carney demonstrates that tragic experience is often denied by the social discourse of Englishness, and that these playwrights make a crucial critical intervention by dramatizing the tragic."--Pub. desc
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1970-
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Carney, Sean
Index
index present
LC call number
PR739.P64
LC item number
C37 2013
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • English drama (Tragedy)
  • English drama
  • English drama
  • Politics in literature
  • Loss (Psychology) in literature
  • Self in literature
  • Tragédie anglaise
  • Théâtre anglais
  • Théâtre anglais
  • Politique dans la littérature
  • Perte (Psychologie) dans la littérature
  • Moi (Psychologie) dans la littérature
  • English drama
  • English drama (Tragedy)
  • Loss (Psychology) in literature
  • Politics in literature
  • Self in literature
  • Tragödie
  • Englisch
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The politics and poetics of contemporary English tragedy, Sean Carney
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Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-334) and index
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
David Hare: the work of mourning, or, the agony and the ecstasy of the bourgeoisie -- Howard Barker: will and desire-- from the tragedy of socialism to the ecstasy of the unconscious -- Edward Bond: tragedy and postmodernity, or, the Promethean impulse -- Caryl Churchill: the Dionysian Möbius strip -- New English tragedians: the tragedy of the tragic
Dimensions
23 cm.
Extent
vi, 346 pages
Isbn
9781442645738
Isbn Type
(cloth)
Lccn
2012285416
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
9781442613973
System control number
  • (OCoLC)795756579
  • (OCoLC)ocn795756579
Label
The politics and poetics of contemporary English tragedy, Sean Carney
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-334) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
David Hare: the work of mourning, or, the agony and the ecstasy of the bourgeoisie -- Howard Barker: will and desire-- from the tragedy of socialism to the ecstasy of the unconscious -- Edward Bond: tragedy and postmodernity, or, the Promethean impulse -- Caryl Churchill: the Dionysian Möbius strip -- New English tragedians: the tragedy of the tragic
Dimensions
23 cm.
Extent
vi, 346 pages
Isbn
9781442645738
Isbn Type
(cloth)
Lccn
2012285416
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
9781442613973
System control number
  • (OCoLC)795756579
  • (OCoLC)ocn795756579

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