Tragedy in Transition

Introduction: Tragedy in Transition: Sarah Annes Brown (Anglia Ruskin University).

1. Trojan Suffering, Tragic Gods and Transhistorical Metaphysics: Edith Hall (Royal Holloway, University of London).

2. Hardcore Tragedy: Ewan Fernie (Royal Holloway, University of London).

3. Tragedy and Disgust: Robert Douglas-Fairhurst (Magdalen College, University of Oxford).

4. Tragedy and the Sign of the Eclipse: Anne C. Henry (University of Cambridge).

5. Jonson's too Roman Plays: From Julius Caesar to Sejanus and Catiline: John Henderson (King’s College, University of Cambridge).

6. Neoclassicisms: Raphael Lyne (New Hall, University of Cambridge).

7. Tragedy and Exile: Jennifer Wallace (Peterhouse, University of Cambridge).

8. Narratives of Tragic Empathy: Prometheus Bound and Frankenstein: Vanda Zajko (Bristol University).

9. Tragedy and Childhood: Peter Hollindale (formerly of University of York).

10. Parricide versus Filicide: Oedipus and Medea on the Modern Stage: Fiona Macintosh (St Cross College, University of Oxford).

11. 'Suffering into Wisdom': The Tragedy of Wilde: Alison Hennegan (Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge).

12. Tarzan of Athens: Wilson Knight and Wole Soyinka: Neil Rhodes (University of St Andrews).

13. Postmodern Tragedy?: Returning to John Ford: Mark Houlahan (University of Waikato, New Zealand).

14. Tragedy and the Future: Rowland Wymer (Anglia Ruskin University).

Afterword: Ending Tragedy: Catherine Silverstone (Anglia Ruskin University).

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