• COVER: How Financial Madness Overtook Wall Street - For years the financial markets roared along as if there were nothing to fear. Now it's payback time--and all of us will be feeling the pain • WORLD: Death in Birth - The number of women in poor countries who die in childbirth has barely changed in two decades — and this despite a host of medical breakthroughs. How can the incidence of this devastating human tragedy be reduced? • RELIGION: The Bible Goes Green for the Prius Age - A color-coded Bible is geared to environmentalists • TECHNOLOGY: The Chevy Volt: GM's Huge Bet on the Electric Car - GM's Volt could get the company--and the country--off petroleum
A Companion to Tragedy is an essential resource for anyone interested in exploring the role of tragedy in Western history and culture.
Broad in its scope and ambition. Features essays by renowned scholars from multiple disciplines, including classics, English, drama, anthropology and philosophy. Considers interpretations of tragedy through religion, philosophy and history. Tells the story of the historical development of tragedy from classical Greece to modernity. Pays particular attention to a fresh assessment of Ancient Greek tragedy. Demonstrates how the practice of reading tragedy has changed radically in the past two decades.
!["Three Act Tragedy" by Agatha Christie [A BBC RADIO 4 FULL-CAST DRAMATISATION]](http://englishtips.org/uploads/posts/2013-06/1372066290_1170980694_actatbbc.jpg "\"Three Act Tragedy\" by Agatha Christie [A BBC RADIO 4 FULL-CAST DRAMATISATION]")
