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The strangeness of tragedy / Paul Hammond.
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Author
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Date published
2009
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Publisher
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.
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Subject
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Accession number
83439668
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Class
11/HAM
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ISBN
9780199572601 (hbk.), 0199572607 (hbk.)
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Language
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Physical description
x, 199 p. ; 22 cm.
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General note: Includes index. Includes chapters on Macbeth, Othello and King Lear. Summary, etc: Exploring the theatrical and linguistic means by which the tragic protagonist is estranged from other characters and comes to occupy a singular world in which the autonomy of the individual seems uncertain, this book discusses plays from classical, Renaissance and neo-classical literature. Target audience: Specialized. Language note: Text in English with French, Greek and Latin abstracts.