Tragic Modernities / Miriam Leonard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leonard, Miriam, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tragic, The.

Tragedy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Under the microscope of recent scholarship the universality of Greek tragedy has started to fade, as particularities of Athenian culture have come into focus. Miriam Leonard contests the idea of the death of tragedy and argues powerfully for the continued vitality and viability of Greek tragic theater in the central debates of contemporary culture.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Introduction. Midway between Oedipus and Marx

1. Tragedy and Revolution

2. Tragedy and Metaphysics

3. Tragedy and History

4. Tragedy and Gender

5. Tragedy and Subjectivity

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Pilot project,eBook available to selected US libraries only

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 27. Mrz 2018)

ISBN:

9780674286948

0674286944

9780674286924

0674286928

OCLC:

1029820777