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Tragedy in the Contemporary American Theatre

Robert J. Andreach

出版	University Press of America, 2014-07-16
主題	Performing Arts / Theater / History & CriticismDrama / American / GeneralLiterary Criticism / American / GeneralPerforming Arts / Theater / Direction & ProductionPerforming Arts / Theater / PlaywritingPerforming Arts / Theater / Stagecraft & Scenography
ISBN	07618640169780761864011
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=hAwWBAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋

This book refutes the claim that tragedy is no longer a vital and relevant part of contemporary American theatre. Tragedy in the Contemporary American Theatre examines plays by multiple contemporary playwrights and compares them alongside the works of America’s major twentieth-century tragedians: Eugene O’Neill, Arthur Miller, and Tennessee Williams. The book argues that tragedy is not only present in contemporary American theatre, but issues from an expectation fundamental to American culture: the pressure on characters to create themselves. Tragedy in the Contemporary American Theatre concludes that tragedy is vital and relevant, though not always in the Aristotelian model, the standard for traditional evaluation.