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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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Group Author: Billings, Joshua, 1985; Leonard, Miriam
Published: Oxford University Press,
Publisher Address: Oxford :
Publication Dates: 2015.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: First edition.
Series: Classical presences
Subjects:
Bernays, Jacob, > 1824-1881
Hölderlin, Friedrich, > 1770-1843
Benjamin, Walter, > 1892-1940
Sophocles
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, > 1770-1831
Kierkegaard, Søren, > 1813-1855
Hebbel, Friedrich, > 1813-1863
Wagner, Richard, > 1813-1883
Heidegger, Martin, > 1889-1976
Greek drama Tragedy > Philosophy
Modernism Literature
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.

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