Shakespeare's Festive Tragedy: The Ritual Foundations of GenrePsychology Press, 1995 - 266 pages Shakespeare's Festive Tragedy is a unique look at the social and religious foundations of the tragic genre. Naomi Liebler asks whether it is possible to regard tragic heroes such as Coriolanus and King Lear as `sacrifical victims of the prevailing social order'. |
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... Conn Liebler \ \ \ / / / \ \ \/ / /\v\/v/\\\ /\/ / \ \ \ / Also available as a printed book see title verso for ISBN details SHAKESPEARE'S FESTIVE TRAGEDY In Shakespearean studies, the category of the. Shakespeare's Festive BOOK COVER.
... Conn Liebler \ \ \ / / / \ \ \/ / /\v\/v/\\\ /\/ / \ \ \ / Also available as a printed book see title verso for ISBN details SHAKESPEARE'S FESTIVE TRAGEDY In Shakespearean studies, the category of the. Shakespeare's Festive BOOK COVER.
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The Ritual Foundations of Genre Naomi Conn Liebler. CONTENTS. Acknowledgements xi 1 FESTIVE TRAGEDY: How to prevent the fiend and to kill vermin 1 2 SEEKING DEFINITIONS: Aristotle, Brecht, Artaud, and others 36 3 THE RITUAL GROUNDWORK 51 ...
The Ritual Foundations of Genre Naomi Conn Liebler. CONTENTS. Acknowledgements xi 1 FESTIVE TRAGEDY: How to prevent the fiend and to kill vermin 1 2 SEEKING DEFINITIONS: Aristotle, Brecht, Artaud, and others 36 3 THE RITUAL GROUNDWORK 51 ...
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action ambiguity appears argues audience authority become beginning body Bolingbroke Brutus Caesar calls celebration ceremony character complex concerns constitute constructed context continuity Coriolanus course crisis critical cultural custom dangerous death defined definition discourse distinction drama early Elizabethan England expression fact father festive figure function given Hamlet hero hobby-horse human identified identity important individual interests interpretation killed kind king Lear liminality lines live Macbeth marginal mark matter meaning murder nature never noted observed occurs once operations original particular passage performance play play’s political practices present protagonist question reason recognized reference relation representation represented Richard rites ritual Roman Rome says scene sense Shakespeare’s social society specific status structure suggests symbolic theater things Titus traditional tragedy tragic transformation translation turn values violation