{"product_id":"tragedy-since-9-11-reading-a-world-out-of-joint-hardcover","title":"Tragedy Since 9\/11: Reading a World Out of Joint - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJennifer Wallace\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the trauma of September 11th, through the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, to the aftermath of the Arab Spring and the environmental warning signs of climate change, this book reflects on the crises and terrifying events of the early 21st century and argues that a knowledge of tragedy from the works of Sophocles to Shakespeare to Samuel Beckett can help us understand them. Jennifer Wallace offers a cultural analysis of the tragic events of the past two decades with reference to a litany of key dramatic texts, including Aeschylus' \u003ci\u003eOresteia\u003c\/i\u003e, Euripides' \u003ci\u003eHecuba\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIphigenia in \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAulis\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTrojan Women\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBacchae\u003c\/i\u003e, Homer's \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e, Ibsen's \u003ci\u003eEmperor and Galilean\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEnemy of the \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e, and Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eJulius Caesar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/i\u003e, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Wallace \u003c\/b\u003eis Director of Studies in English at Peterhouse, University of Cambridge, UK, and editor of\u003ci\u003e A Cultural History of Tragedy in the Modern Age \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury, 2019). Her previous books include \u003ci\u003eDigging the Dirt: The Archaeological \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eImagination\u003c\/i\u003e (2004) and \u003ci\u003eThe Cambridge Introduction to Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e (2007).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 05, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42719442763839,"sku":"9781350035614","price":151.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/8b1598b9e13083042943096646150ca7.webp?v=1765085636","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/tragedy-since-9-11-reading-a-world-out-of-joint-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}