The tragic imagination : the literary agenda / Rowan Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Rowan, 1950- author.

Series:

Literary agenda.

Literary Agenda

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tragedy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Summary:

Rowan Williams explores the definition of the tragic as a mode of narrative, in this short and thought-provoking volume. He turns to subjects including the role of irony in tragedy, the relationship between tragedy and political as well as religious rhetoric, common ground between tragedy and comedy, and the complex place of theology in the debate.

Contents:

COVER ; THE TRAGIC IMAGINATION; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS ; Introduction ; Chapter 1: Handling Danger: The Political Roots of Tragedy ; I ; II ; III ; IV ; Notes; Chapter 2: Acknowledgement and Hiddenness: What Does Tragedy Make us Know? ; I ; II ; III ; IV ; Notes ; Chapter 3: Reconciliation and its Discontents: Thinking with Hegel ; I ; II ; III ; IV ; V ; Notes; Chapter 4: Absolute Tragedy and Moral Extremity ; I ; II ; III ; IV ; NOTES ; Chapter 5: Tragedy against Pessimism: Religious Discourse and Tragic Drama ; I ; II ; III ; NOTES ; Chapter 6: Conclusions ; I ; II ; III ; IV ; NOTES

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Short Bibliography ; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-105601-4