the necessity - of studying Greek tragedy from more than merely literary perspectives. The general quality of the essays is remarkably high: they address topics of central interest with both ...

In his Poetics. he states that the principal effect of good tragedy literature is the purging of emotions, especially pity and fear. He called this catharsis. Catharsis is a metaphor derived from ...

This book is an advanced critical introduction to Greek tragedy. It is written specifically for the ... scholarly criticism in classics with a wide knowledge of modern literary studies in other fields ...

When we read good literature, we should question what we read and why something is happening. We should seek to be stimulated by our reading to change and improve ourselves and everything. Is what we ...

Tony Jordan:'Comedy and tragedy, 'the twin pillars of Dickens ... This clip will be relevant for teaching English Literature at KS3 and KS4 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and National ...

She is the author of Greek Tragedy in Vergil's Aeneid: Ritual, Empire, and Intertext (Cambridge University Press 2009) and Brides, Mourners, Bacchae: Women's rituals in Roman Literature (Johns Hopkins ...