{"product_id":"tragedy-since-911-9781350035621","title":"Tragedy Since 911","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the trauma of September 11th, through the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, to  the aftermath of  the Arab Spring and the environmental warning signs of climate change, this book reflects on the  crises and terrifying events of the early 21st century and argues that a knowledge of tragedy from the works of Sophocles to Shakespeare to Samuel Beckett can help us understand them. Jennifer  Wallace offers a cultural analysis of the tragic events of the past two decades with reference to a  litany of key dramatic texts, including Aeschylus' \u003ci\u003eOresteia\u003c\/i\u003e, Euripides' \u003ci\u003eHecuba\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIphigenia in \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAulis\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTrojan Women\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBacchae\u003c\/i\u003e, Homer's \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e, Ibsen's \u003ci\u003eEmperor and Galilean\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEnemy of the \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e, and Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eJulius Caesar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/i\u003e, among others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis rich analysis is valuable not only because it underlines the importance of a broader cultural horizon, showing the topicality of more or less “ancient” literary and philosophical resources, but also because it celebrates different evaluations of current events and historical consciousness in a remarkably original approach. * Modern Drama *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTragedy since 9\/11\u003c\/i\u003e is a demanding, provocative read—well researched, articulate, and persuasive. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. * CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003ePowerful, deeply felt, thoughtful and convincing. * Times Higher Education *\u003cbr\u003e[A] remarkable book … [that] draws attention to the relationship between the horrors of the first two decades of the twenty-first century and the wider human conditions of tragedy and suffering. * Studies in Theatre and Performance *\u003cbr\u003eA bold and ambitious book ... It is the astonishing range of material [Wallace] draws from our more immediate past and present that makes her book so rich and suggestive ... One ends Wallace’s impassioned book with a deepened sense of the historical crisis through which we are living. * Modern Language Review *\u003cbr\u003eJennifer Wallace’s gripping book explores how the tragic tradition can still engage us today. In a learned yet passionate study, Wallace overturns tired commonplaces about canonical tragedies and makes these plays compelling models for framing the horrors of the past two decades. -- Rebecca W. Bushnell, University of Pennsylvania, Emerita Professor of English\u003cbr\u003eThis book is unique in its conception of the ancient trope of the tragic as the best guide to the crisis of the 21st century. Concerned with tragedy as both a literary and a political mode, Wallace brilliantly explains how it helps us negotiate the most pressing problems of modern society, from terrorism and environmental catastrophe, to the suffering of refugees on the shifting sands of our time. -- Simon Gikandi, Princeton University, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eList of Figures\u003c\/i\u003e  1 Tragic Events and the Idea of Tragedy  2 Lamenting 9\/11   3 The Dogs of War   4 Shooting Conflict   5 The Year of Revolutions   6 Claiming Asylum   7 Hamartia in the Anthropocene  Coda: Figuring Tragedy  \u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529216565591,"sku":"9781350035621","price":22.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350035621.jpg?v=1731874755","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/tragedy-since-911-9781350035621","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}