Tragedy

Informationen zum Autor Terry Eagleton is Distinguished Visiting Professor of English Literature at Lancaster University, and the author of more than fifty books in the fields of literary theory, postmodernism, politics, ideology, and religion. Klappentext An exploration of tragedy and its fundamental position in Western culture In this compelling account, eminent literary critic Terry Eagleton explores the nuances of tragedy in Western culture--from literature and politics to philosophy and theater. Eagleton covers a vast array of thinkers and practitioners, including Nietzsche, Walter Benjamin, and Slavoj Zizek, as well as key figures in theater, from Sophocles and Aeschylus to Shakespeare and Ibsen. Eagleton examines the political nature of tragedy, looking closely at its connection with periods of historical transition. The dramatic form originated not as a meditation on the human condition, but at moments of political engagement, when civilizations struggled with the conflicts that beset them. Tragedy, Eagleton demonstrates, is fundamental to human experience and culture.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Terry Eagleton, Terry (University of Manchester) Eagleton
• Verlag: Yale University Press Ltd
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780300252217
• ISBN: 978-0-300-25221-7
• Seiten: 216
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; Europa, Texte: Antike und Mittelalter, Europe, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, Literature - Classics / Criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, Comparative Literature, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval