Eclipse of Action
Tragedy and Political Economy
- Contents
- Review Quotes
- Awards

Chapter One “Thy Bloody and Invisible Hand”: Tragedy and Political Economy
Chapter Two Greek Tragedy and the Raptor Economy: The Oresteia
Chapter Three Marlowe’s Theater of Night: Doctor Faustus and Capital
Chapter Four Hamlet and the Work of Death
Chapter Five The Same Old Grind: Milton’s Samson as Subtragic Hero
Chapter Six Hegel, Marx, and the Novelization of Tragedy
Chapter Seven Beckett’s Tragic Pantry
Postscript After Beckett
Index
Milton Society of America: John T. Shawcross Award
Won
American Comparative Literature Association: Rene Wellek Prize
Won
Literature and Literary Criticism: Dramatic Works | General Criticism and Critical Theory
You may purchase this title at these fine bookstores. Outside the USA, see our international sales information.