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Tragedy and Silence in Beckett’s Endgame and Bond’s Lear
Tragedy and Silence in Beckett’s Endgame and Bond’s Lear Neither Samuel Beckett’s Endgame nor Edward Bond’s Lear are described by their authors as tragedies, and it seems unlikely that Aristotle would recognise them as such. Nevertheless, both writers draw self-consciously on elements of classical tragedy – though with different aesthetic Read more…