Tragedy and Tragic Theory - Palmer, Richard
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Comprehending 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, Tragedy and Tragic Theory lucidly analyzes the principal ideas about tragedy from Plato to the present. Critically surveying the similarities and differences among major theories, Palmer analyzes features associated with tragedy, such as the tragic…mehr

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Comprehending 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, Tragedy and Tragic Theory lucidly analyzes the principal ideas about tragedy from Plato to the present. Critically 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.
Autorenporträt
Richard Palmer was born in Stafford U.K on 6th May 1944. The second eldest of four brothers, he lived in Melling, Lancashire, a rural village a mile from Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool, until aged eighteen. He was educated at Maghull Secondary Modern School and Bootle Municipal Technical College, Merseyside. He served for eleven years in the Police Force and many years in the motor trade. His writing capabilities began at an early age with short stories, poems and newspaper articles. After the death of his wife Barbara, aged forty-six, in 1991, he became a member of Liverpool Writers Club and produced a collection of poems. Years later, Rich and his new wife Linda ran 'Firkin House', their B & B in Hoylake, Wirral, U.K, before retiring to Paphos, Cyprus in 2012. There he served as secretary of Paphos Writers Group and past co. Editor of 'The Main Sheet' newsletter at Paphos International Sailing Club, before stepping down to concentrate on his other passion, songwriting. His first book, "RICH INSPIRATIONS," Promiscuous Poems and Twisted Tales was very successful on Amazon and in Cyprus. He followed it up with "RICH IMAGINATION" More Risque Rhyme and Tantalising Tales. and now this the third Edition. Further information can be found in the short story and poem pages on his website, www.thefirkinwebsite.com