Download or read book Tragic Drama and Modern Society written by John Orr and published by Springer. This book was released on 1989-03-16 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study that examines the relationship between tragic drama of the late 19th and 20th centuries and present-day society. The author's theories are presented with excerpts from relevant plays, such as "Look Back in Anger", "The Glass Menagerie", "The Iceman Cometh" and "Hedda Gabler".