Modern tragedy

Author: Raymond Williams
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: This book is one of the most important works of the 20th century exploring the concept and thought of tragedy. Starting with an analysis of classical tragic experience and tradition and their continuation in the contemporary era, Raymond Williams reveals new characteristics of the modern tragic experience and the fundamental beliefs and conflicts it reflects through examining the works of playwrights such as Ibsen, O'Neill, Beckett, Camus, Sartre, and Brecht, particularly in the relationship between tragedy and modern society, revolution, chaos, and the individual.