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Last Scene of All

By Jessica Goodman

Last Scene of All Social Sciences

Last Scene of All

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Death in classical tragedy is an ending: a symbolic moment of catharsis, read by the audience according to theatrical and cultural tradition. Yet any stage death is also a non-ending: just one in a series of repeated (re)presentations, by an actor who will live (and die) again. Spanning six centuries and seven countries, this study considers how different dramatic authors have engaged with this tension, examining the representation of death as theme and practice; culturally-inflected symbol and never-ending ending. In tracing how Western authors since the sixteenth century have played with and against classical notions of endings and closure, these essays explore the potential and limits of the physical stage for confronting human mortality.Jessica Goodman is Associate Professor and Tutorial Fellow in French at St Catherine's College, Oxford.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
210
Release Date:
2025-06-16
Publication Date:
2025-06-16
Publisher:
Legenda
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1781886903
ISBN13:
9781781886908
Weight:
372 g
Height:
170 cm
Width:
244 cm
Thickness:
12 cm
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