{"product_id":"tragedy-and-tragic-theory-an-analytical-guide-hardcover","title":"Tragedy and Tragic Theory: An Analytical Guide - 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\u003eRichard Palmer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComprehending tragedy has been a major philosophical and critical preoccupation in Western thought. Whether concerned with the generic problem of definition or with tragedy in the context of specific writers or periods, books with multiple and often conflicting perspectives abound. In an effort to bring order to the explanations over two millennia, \u003ci\u003eTragedy and Tragic Theory\u003c\/i\u003e lucidly analyzes the principal ideas about tragedy from Plato to the present. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCritically surveying the similarities and differences among major theories, Palmer analyzes features associated with tragedy, such as the tragic hero, katharsis, and self-recognition; develops a working definition of tragedy; and applies these ideas to a sampling of plays that present special interpretive problems. He incorporates and explores the ideas of such eminent thinkers as Aristotle, Hegel, Nietzche, Schopenhauer, Schiller, Kierkegaard, and Freud, as well as contemporary theorists, who also appear with biographical blurbs in an appendix to the volume along with an extensive bibliography. By examining both tragedy and the theoretical responses to tragedy, this study demonstrates that the definition of tragedy depends on the meaning perceived by an audience rather than on a structured stimulus independent of response; yet, it does not abandon the possibility of isolating fixed defining characteristics. The audience response approach provides a framework for analyzing earlier theories. Systematically developed, the study is equally valuable as a text in drama and criticism or as a convenient reference tool to drama theory and theorists.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRICHARD H. PALMER is Professor of Theatre at The College of William and Mary. His specialities range from theatre aesthetics and dramatic theory to stage direction, lighting, and theatre management. The author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lighting Art \u003c\/i\u003e(1985) and \u003ci\u003eThe Critics' Canon\u003c\/i\u003e (Greenwood Press, 1988), he has published articles in journals such as \u003ci\u003eDramatics\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Theatre Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEducational Theatre Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSouthern Quarterly and contributed to American Theatre Companies, 1888-1930\u003c\/i\u003e (Greenwood, 1987).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 252\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 30, 1992\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45331375423590,"sku":"9780313282034","price":147.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/cUZYZmNiMmk0Vkx1WDBrQlBQTVFGUT09.webp?v=1774406973","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/tragedy-and-tragic-theory-an-analytical-guide-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}