01096cam a2200193   4500001000500000005001700005010001700022020003100039100001900070245005800089260005800147300002900205440002900234504006400263505015600327520038900483650001300872650001700885566920181127180007.0  a  2005019580  a9780192802354 (alk. paper)1 aPoole, Adrian.10aTragedy :ba very short introduction /cAdrian Poole.  aOxford ;aNew York :bOxford University Press,c2005.  a147 p. :bill. ;c18 cm. 0aVery short introductions  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 125-140) and index.0 aWho needs it? -- Once upon a time -- The living dead -- Who's to blame? -- Big ideas -- No laughing matter -- Words, words, words -- Timing -- Endings.  aWhat do we mean by 'tragedy' now? When we turn on the news,  does a report of the latest atrocity have any connection  with Sophocles and Shakespeare? Addressing questions about  belief, blame, revenge, pain, witnessing and ending, this  book demonstrates the enduring significance of attempts to  understand terrible suffering. - ;What do we mean by  'tragedy' in present-day usage?  0aTragedy. 0aTragic, The.