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  • A Cultural History of Tragedy in the Modern Age

    Series series The Cultural Histories Series
    In this book leading scholars come together to provide a comprehensive, wide-ranging overview of tragedy in theatre and other media from 1920 to the present. The 20th century is often considered to have witnessed the death of tragedy as a theatrical genre, but it was marked by many tragic events and historical catastrophes, from two world wars and genocide to the proliferation of nuclear weapons ... Leer más

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  • Tragedy Since 9/11

    Reading a World out of Joint

    A 2021 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleFrom the trauma of September 11th, through the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, to the aftermath of the Arab Spring and the environmental warning signs of climate change, this book reflects on the crises and terrifying events of the early 21st century and argues that a knowledge of tragedy from the works of Sophocles to Shakespeare to Samuel Beckett can help us ... Leer más

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  • Scholarship Students in Elite South African Schools

    The Gift of a Scholarship

    Series series Education (R0)
    This book provides a narrative account of the experiences of twenty former scholarship students from historically disadvantaged communities who attended elite public and private secondary schools. It draws on in-depth, one-on-one semi-structured interviews conducted with former scholarship recipients who were between the ages of 19 and 24 years at the time of the interviews. Various themes are ... Leer más

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    Series series Paraclete Poetry

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    Rooted in the grit of urban Baltimore and the forests of rural Massachusetts, these poems remind us that life's tensions and polarities are energies we carry within ourselves.These are poems of witness and commentary, conversation and meditation. They offer moments of close looking, and of looking away; of loving, and of bungled attempts to be more loving. They call us to look long and hard— and ... Leer más

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  • Wellbeing and Devolution

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    Series series Wellbeing in Politics and Policy
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  • On Being Included

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  • Comparative Literature

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