{"product_id":"eight-great-tragedies-isbn-9780452011724","title":"Eight Great Tragedies","description":"\u003cb\u003ePresenting the complete texts of eight of the world’s greatest plays, this important volume illuminates the changing concept of tragedy from Sophocles to O’Neill.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Some of the world’s greatest dramas unfold on these pages. In the powerful and famous plays of Sophocles, Aeschylus, and Euripedes, Oedipus makes his disastrous marriage, Prometheus struggles against Zeus to break his painful chains, and the Love Goddess, Aphrodite, takes her revenge on the Theban prince who slighted her. Shakespeare’s King Lear suffers at the hands of his two evil daughters. The great Scandinavian dramatists Ibsen and Strindberg fearlessly present stories of infidelity and social disease, while \u003ci\u003eDesire under the Elms\u003c\/i\u003e, Eugene O’Neill’s savage picture of primitive desires in modern New England, rounds out this excellent anthology. Including important essays by noteworthy critics and philosophers, this book is an ideal companion to the editors’ \u003ci\u003eEight Great Comedies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Featured Plays:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePrometheus Unbound\u003c\/i\u003e (Aeschylus)\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOedipus the King\u003c\/i\u003e (Sophocles)\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHippolytus\u003c\/i\u003e (Euripedes)\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/i\u003e (William Shakespeare)\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGhosts\u003c\/i\u003e (Henrik Ibsen)\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMiss Julie\u003c\/i\u003e (August Strindberg)\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOn Baile’s Strand\u003c\/i\u003e (William Butler Yeats)\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDesire under the Elms\u003c\/i\u003e (Eugene O’Neill)\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Also includes essays by Aristotle, Hume, Emerson, Tillyard, Richards, and Krutch.Eight Great TragediesGeneral Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One: The Tragedies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAeschylus: \u003ci\u003ePrometheus Bound\u003c\/i\u003e, translated by E. A. Havelock\u003cbr\u003eSophocles: \u003ci\u003eOedipus the King\u003c\/i\u003e, translated by J. T. Sheppard\u003cbr\u003eEuripides: \u003ci\u003eHippolytus\u003c\/i\u003e, translated by F. L. Lucas\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Shakespeare: \u003ci\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHenrik Isben: \u003ci\u003eGhosts\u003c\/i\u003e, translated by William Archer\u003cbr\u003eAugust Strindberg: \u003ci\u003eMiss Julie\u003c\/i\u003e, translated by C. D. Locock\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Butler Yeats: \u003ci\u003eOn Baile's Strand\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEugene O'Neill: \u003ci\u003eDesire under the Elms\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two: The Essays\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAristotle: From \u003ci\u003eThe Poetics\u003c\/i\u003e, translated by L. J. Potts\u003cbr\u003eDavid Hume: \u003ci\u003eOf Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRalph Waldo Emerson: \u003ci\u003eThe Tragic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eE. M. W. Tillyard: From \u003ci\u003eShakespeare's Problem Plays\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI. A. Richards: From \u003ci\u003ePrinciples of Literary Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoseph Wood Krutch: From \u003ci\u003eThe Tragic Fallacy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Note on the Greek Theater\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSylvan Barnet\u003c\/b\u003e wrote numerous texts analyzing the works of Shakespeare as well as the writing craft. He was the general editor for Signet Classics Shakespeare as well as professor emeritus at Tufts University. He died in 2016.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMorton Berman\u003c\/b\u003e is professor emeritus of English as Boston University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWilliam Burto\u003c\/b\u003e served as the chair of the Department of English as Lowell State College, which became University of Massachusetts-Lowell. He wrote several texts focusing on the poetry of Shakespeare. He died in 2013.","brand":"Plume","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300333867237,"sku":"NP9780452011724","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780452011724.jpg?v=1767725897","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/eight-great-tragedies-isbn-9780452011724","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}