{"product_id":"eight-great-tragedies-the-complete-texts-of-the-worlds-great-tragedies-from-ancient-times-to-the-twentieth-century-9780452011724","title":"Eight Great Tragedies: The Complete Texts of the World's Great Tragedies from Ancient Times to the Twentieth Century","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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Also includes essays by Aristotle, Hume, Emerson, Tillyard, Richards, and Krutch.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780452011724\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.04h x 5.36w x 1.04d","brand":"Sylvan Barnet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44776031125685,"sku":"9780452011724","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_e9a54173-4703-4685-b7cd-f0c74978ba54.jpg?v=1730821736","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/eight-great-tragedies-the-complete-texts-of-the-worlds-great-tragedies-from-ancient-times-to-the-twentieth-century-9780452011724","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}