Sweet Violence - The Idea Of The Tragic

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ISBN: 9780631233602
Authors: Terry Eagleton
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Date of Publication: 2002-09-27
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Philosophy, History
Related Topics: Theory, History
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Terry Eagleton's Tragedy provides a major critical and analytical account of the concept of 'tragedy' from its origins in the Ancient world right down to the twenty-first century.A major new intellectual endeavour from one of the world's finest, and most controversial, cultural theorists.Provides an analytical account of the concept of 'tragedy' from its origins in the ancient world to the present day.Explores the idea of the 'tragic' across all genres of writing, as well as in philosophy, politics, religion and psychology, and throughout western culture.Considers the psychological, religious and socio-political implications and consequences of our fascination with the tragic.
 

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