The Transformations of Tragedy (Studies in Religion and the Arts, 16)
by: Fionnuala ONeill Tonning (Author)
Publisher: BRILL
Publication Date: 2019/11/21
Language: English
Print Length: 340 pages
ISBN-10: 9004416536
ISBN-13: 9789004416536
Book Description
The Transformations of Tragedy: Christian Influences from Early Mode to Mode explores the influence of Christian theology and culture upon the development of post-classical Weste tragedy. The volume is divided into three parts: early mode, mode, and contemporary. This series of essays by established and emergent scholars offers a sustained study of Christianity’s creative influence upon experimental forms of Weste tragic drama. Both early mode and mode tragedy emerged within periods of remarkable upheaval in Church history, yet Christianity’s diverse influence upon tragedy has too often been either ignored or denounced by major tragic theorists. This book contends instead that the history of tragedy cannot be sufficiently theorised without fully registering the impact of Christianity in transition towards modeity.
About the Author
The Transformations of Tragedy: Christian Influences from Early Mode to Mode explores the influence of Christian theology and culture upon the development of post-classical Weste tragedy. The volume is divided into three parts: early mode, mode, and contemporary. This series of essays by established and emergent scholars offers a sustained study of Christianity’s creative influence upon experimental forms of Weste tragic drama. Both early mode and mode tragedy emerged within periods of remarkable upheaval in Church history, yet Christianity’s diverse influence upon tragedy has too often been either ignored or denounced by major tragic theorists. This book contends instead that the history of tragedy cannot be sufficiently theorised without fully registering the impact of Christianity in transition towards modeity.