title: Eight Great Tragedies: The Complete Texts of the World's Great Tragedies from Ancient Times to the Twentieth Century
author: Sylvan Barnet
description: <b>Sylvan Barnet</b>wrote numerous texts analyzing the works of Shakespeare as well as the writing craft. He was the general editor for Signet Classics Shakespeare as well as professor emeritus at Tufts University. He died in 2016.<br /><br /> <b>Morton Berman</b>is professor emeritus of English as Boston University.<br /><br /> <b>William Burto</b>served as the chair of the Department of English as Lowell State College, which became University of Massachusetts-Lowell. He wrote several texts focusing on the poetry of Shakespeare. He died in 2013.
zlib_text: Contents
  
  [List of Illustrations](index_split_001.html#filepos6081)
  
  [1\. Hymns of stone](index_split_002.html#filepos18638)
  
  [2\. The Roman way](index_split_003.html#filepos78142)
  
  [3\. Climate change](index_split_004.html#filepos119529)
  
  [4\. Spear points](index_split_005.html#filepos125224)
  
  [5\. The blood eagle](index_split_006.html#filepos163845)
  
  [6\. The measure of the king](index_split_007.html#filepos202827)
  
  [7\. The coming of the conquerors](index_split_008.html#filepos211170)
  
  [8\. The house](index_split_009.html#filepos237797)
  
  [9\. Devils and wicked men](index_split_010.html#filepos249524)
  
  [10\. The road](index_split_011.html#filepos303153)
  
  [11\. The law is lost](index_split_012.html#filepos309179)
  
  [12\. The names](index_split_013.html#filepos323536)
  
  [13\. The turbulent priest](index_split_014.html#filepos326257)
  
  [14\. The lost village](index_split_015.html#filepos378405)
  
  [15\. The great charter](index_split_016.html#filepos384217)
  
  [16\. Crime and punishment](index