Modern tragedy - Raymond Williams

A classic work of cultural criticism, Modern Tragedy is a study of the dramatic form in the twentieth century. Raymond Williams traces its roots and predominant themes but also examines the style of production and the social context, including chapters on the hero as victim, the tragedy of social deadlock and the dramas of sacrifice and revolt.

Raymond Williams (1921–88) was one of the most innovative and influential critics of this century; the author of Culture and Society, The Country and the City, Drama from Ibsen to Brecht and The English Novel from Dickens to Lawrence.