Tragic Endings
On Deaths and Endings
Can something as negative as loss also be a positive, transformative experience?Is it possible that not only individuals but also societies can be developmentally arrested by problematic mourning?
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Shakespeare's Feminine Endings
In this elegant and provocative book, Philippa Berry draws on feminist theory, postmodern thought and queer theory, to challenge existing critical notions of what is fundamental to Shakespearean tragedy.
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Tragedy
Though the classical tragedy may seem foreign to the contemporary reader, today's most popular television shows and films thrive on the type of violence, passion, madness, and catastrophe first introduced to the stage in fifth century Athens.
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Iphigeneia in Tauris
The modern reader may have difficulty conceiving of Iphigeneia in Tauris as tragedy, for the term in our sense is associated with downfall, death, and disaster.
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Neither Black Nor White Yet Both
List of Illustrations Introduction: Black--White--Both--Neither--In-Between xv 1. Origins; or, Paradise Dawning 31 2. Natus AEthiopus/Natus Albus 48 3. The Curse of Ham; or, from "Generation" to "Race" 78 4. The Calculus of Color 112 5.
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Recognition in Mozart's Operas
The plots and themes of Mozart's operas are as rich and complex as those in Shakespearean plays. Many of the operas - including "Don Giovanni" and "Cosi fan Tutte" - have baffled scholars and critics because they do not fit neatly into the genres of "comedy" or "tragedy.
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