Tragicomic Redemptions
Author | : Valerie Forman |
Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2008-07-23 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780812240962 |
ISBN-13 | : 0812240960 |
Rating | : 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Download or read book Tragicomic Redemptions written by Valerie Forman and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2008-07-23 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Valerie Forman contends that three seemingly unrelated domains—new economic theories and practices; the discourses of Christian redemption; and the rise of tragicomedy as the stage's most popular genre—were together crucial to the formulation of a new and paradoxical way of thinking about loss and profit in relationship to one another.