01123cam a2200205 4500 5669 20181127180007.0 2005019580 9780192802354 (alk. paper) Poole, Adrian. Tragedy : a very short introduction / Adrian Poole. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005. 147 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. Very short introductions Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-140) and index. Who needs it? -- Once upon a time -- The living dead -- Who's to blame? -- Big ideas -- No laughing matter -- Words, words, words -- Timing -- Endings. What 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? Tragedy. Tragic, The. 4784 4784 0 0 ddc 0 0 MAIN RTCLIB RTCLIB MAIN 8987 0 809.91 POO 30009007 2018-11-27 00:00:00 2018-11-27 MAIN