TY  - BOOK
AU  - Poole,Adrian
TI  - Tragedy: a very short introduction 
SN  - 9780192802354 (alk. paper)
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Tragedy
KW  - Tragic, The
N1  - 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
N2  - 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?
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