Tragedy, modernity and mourning / Olga Taxidou.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taxidou, Olga, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bereavement in literature.

Modernism (Literature).

Greek drama--History and criticism.

Greek drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([vi], 215 p.)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2004]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This reinterpretation of Greek tragedy focuses on the performative - the physical and civic - dimension of tragedy. It challenges the idealist, humanist, and universalist approaches that have informed our most cherished philosophical psychoanalytical, and modern interpretations of Greek tragedy.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

CHAPTER ONE The Allure of Antigone or Antigone and the Philosophers

CHAPTER TWO Oedipus/Anti-Oedipus: The Philosopher, the Actor and the Patient

CHAPTER THREE Trauerspiel, Tragedy and Epic

CHAPTER FOUR Euripides and Aristotle: Friends in Mourning

CHAPTER FIVE The Heroism of Hercules and the Beauty of Helen

CHAPTER SIX Mourning and Tragic Form

CHAPTER SEVEN Brecht – Beckett – Müller: Modern Tragedy and Engagement

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7486-5171-3

0-7486-6605-2

0-7486-7979-0