Tragedy and Redress in Western Literature - A Philosophical Perspective

This book offers a unique interpretation of tragic literature in the Western tradition, deploying the method and style of Analytic philosophy. Richard Gaskin argues that tragic literature seeks to offer moral and linguistic redress (compensation) for suffering.

List of contents

Introduction
Part I: Tragedy and Moral Redress
1. Oedipus, Hamartia, Freedom, and the Supernatural
2. Antigone’s Holy Crime
3. From Cognitive Failure to No-Fault Tragedy
Part II: Tragedy and Linguistic Redress
4. Theoretical Considerations
5. Can Suffering Be Expressed in Words?
6. Tragedy and Linguistic Idealism

About the author

Richard Gaskin is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Liverpool, UK. He is the author of seven books including Horace and Housman (2013), Language, Truth, and Literature: A Defence of Literary Humanism (2013), and The Unity of the Proposition (2008).

Summary

This book offers a unique interpretation of tragic literature in the Western tradition, deploying the method and style of Analytic philosophy. Richard Gaskin argues that tragic literature seeks to offer moral and linguistic redress (compensation) for suffering.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Gaskin, Richard (University of Liverpool Gaskin, Gaskin Richard
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780367666743
• ISBN: 978-0-367-66674-3
• No. of pages: 412
• Series: Routledge Research in Aesthetics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; PHILOSOPHY / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, Philosophy: aesthetics, Literary studies: general, Analytical philosophy & Logical Positivism, Analytical philosophy and Logical Positivism