The tragic paradox / Leonard Moss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moss, Leonard, 1931- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tragedy--History and criticism.

Tragedy.

Paradox in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How do an author's techniques establish the recurring paradox raised by the tragic genre? I have called upon the valuable arguments offered by Plato, Aristotle, Hegel, and Nietzsche to help the student and lay reader understand the operation of basic literary languages. But fiction is not philosophy. My study focuses on the narrative sequence, im-ages, and rhetorical devices that embody a dilemma envisioned by prominent tragedians in both the ancient and modern worlds.

Contents:

THE TRAGIC PARADOX; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Languages of Paradox; Part I: The Narrative Language; 1. The Masculine Model; 2. The Tragic Female; 3. The Tragic Sequence; 4. Shakespeare's Dangerous Companion; 5. The Relevance of Hegel; Part II: The Metaphorical Language; 6. The Artistry of Flux; 7. The Logic of Dreams; Part III: The Rhetorical Language; 8. Plato's Paragon; 9. Milton's Potpourri; 10. Shakespeare's Paradox; Conclusion: The Truth of Tragedy; Notes; Two Bibliographies, 1900-2010; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-32818-6

0-7391-7122-4

OCLC:

874965602