John Drakakis is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Stirling. His publications include Shakespeare’s Resources (2022), Alternative Shakespeares, Second Edition (2002), and Tragedy (co-edited with Naomi Conn Liebler 1998).

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• DedicationAcknowledgementsChapter 1. IntroductionMyth and tragedyTragedy, myth and ritualTragedy and pleasureChapter 2. Histories, archaeologies and genealogiesAristotle’s PoeticsFate, fortune and providenceChapter 3. Ontology and dramaturgyRadical tragedyTragedy after the RenaissanceChapter 4. The philosophy of tragedyThe sublimeSchiller on tragedyHegel on tragedyBradley on HegelNietzsche on tragedyBeyond NietzscheChapter 5. From action to characterFreud, Oedipus and HamletTragedy and the linguistic turnChapter 6. Tragedy: gender, politics and aestheticsTragedy and violenceAestheticsChapter 7. Rethinking the traditionDismantling tragedyBrecht against AristotleSaint Joan of the Stockyards. Mother Courage and GallileoChapter 8. Tragedy, the post-modern and the post-humanAnti-humanism and post-humanismSamuel Beckett: Waiting for GodotSarah Kane: Phaedra’s Love (1996) Twenty-first century tragedy: Tom Stoppard’s LeopoldstadtChapter 9. ConclusionGlossaryBibliographyIndex