Tragedy and the idea of modernity /
From around 1800, particularly in Germany, Greek tragedy has been privileged in popular and scholarly discourse for its relation to apparently timeless metaphysical, existential, ethical, aesthetic, and psychological questions. As a major concern of modern philosophy, it has fascinated thinkers incl...
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Oxford University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
Publication Dates: | 2015. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Edition: | First edition. |
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Classical presences
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Summary: |
From around 1800, particularly in Germany, Greek tragedy has been privileged in popular and scholarly discourse for its relation to apparently timeless metaphysical, existential, ethical, aesthetic, and psychological questions. As a major concern of modern philosophy, it has fascinated thinkers including Hegel, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Freud, and Heidegger. Such theories have arguably had a more profound influence on modern understanding of the genre than works of classical scholarship or theatrical performances. Tragedy and the Idea of Modernity considers this tradition of philosophy in rela |
Carrier Form: | xi, 354 pages ; 23 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [329]-347) and index. |
ISBN: |
9780198727798 (hardcover) : 0198727798 (hardcover) |
Index Number: | PN56 |
CLC: | I545.073 |
Call Number: | I545.073/T765 |
Contents: | Part I. Tragic poetics -- Part II. Tragic cultures -- Part III. Tragic canons. |