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010			_a 2005019580
020			_a9780192802354 (alk. paper)
100	1		_aPoole, Adrian.
245	1	0	_aTragedy : _ba very short introduction / _cAdrian Poole.
260			_aOxford ; _aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c2005.
300			_a147 p. : _bill. ; _c18 cm.
440		0	_aVery short introductions
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 125-140) and index.
505	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.
520			_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?
650		0	_aTragedy.
650		0	_aTragic, The.
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