Tragic Drama and Modern Society

• Author(s): John Orr,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 302
• ISBN_10: 1349198293
  ISBN_13: 9781349198290
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / Semiotics & Theory , Literary Criticism / Modern / 19th Century , Literary Criticism / Modern / 20th Century , History / Social History , Social Science / Sociology of Religion , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative , Literary Criticism / General ,

Description:... A study that examines the relationship between tragic drama of the late 19th and 20th centuries and present-day society. The author's theories are presented with excerpts from relevant plays, such as "Look Back in Anger", "The Glass Menagerie", "The Iceman Cometh" and "Hedda Gabler".