Tragic Drama and the Family
| Author | : Bennett Simon |
| Publisher | : Yale University Press |
| Total Pages | : 292 |
| Release | : 1988-01-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0300058055 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780300058055 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Tragic Drama and the Family by : Bennett Simon
Download or read book Tragic Drama and the Family written by Bennett Simon and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most important characteristics of tragic drama--as of psychoanalysis-- is the focus on the family. Dr. Bennett Simon here provides a psychoanalytic reading of Aeschylus' Oresteia, Euripedes' Medea, Shakespeare's King Lear and Macbeth, O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night, and Beckett's Endgame, six plays from ancient to modern times which involve a particular form of intrafamily warfare: the killing of children or of the possibility of children.
