Revenge Tragedy: Aeschylus to Armageddon - Softcover

Revenge Tragedy: Aeschylus to Armagaddon.

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Buchbeschreibung Original softcover. Zustand: Sehr gut. Reprinted 2001. XV, 404 p. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Rubbed, staining on bottom edge, otherwise very good and clean. / Berieben, Anschmutzung auf Fußschnitt, sonst sehr gut und sauber. - Contents: Part I: Introduction -- 1. On Aristotle and Revenge Tragedy -- Part II: Exchanges with Antiquity -- 2. Aeschylus and Dracula -- 3. Sophocles in Baker Street -- 4. Medea Studies: Euripides to Pasolini -- 5. Of Anger: Seneca, Milton, Shakespeare -- Part III: Histories and Readings -- 6. Orestes and Medieval Vengeance -- 7. 'Remember Me!': Horestes, Hieronimo, and Hamlet -- 8. Shakespeare and the Comic Strain -- 9. Playing with Fire: Richardson to Mozart -- 10. Revolution, Revenge, and Romantic Tragedy -- Part IV: Modernity and Post-Modernity -- 11. Killing Time: Nietzsche, Job, and Repetition -- 12. 'Of Wars and Rumours of Wars' -- 13. Medea Variations: Feminism and Revenge -- 14. On Aristotle, Violence, and Dialogue: Revenge Tragedy and Contemporary Philosophy. - Revenge has long been central to European culture. From Homer to Nietzsche, St Paul to Sylvia Plath, numerous major authors have been fascinated by its emotional intensity, and by the questions which it raises about violence, sexuality, death, and the nature of justice. In this exceptionally learned and lively book, John Kerrigan explores the literature of vengeance from Greek tragedy to postmodernism, ranging through material in several languages, as well as through opera, painting, and film, while opening new perspectives on such familiar English works as Hamlet, Clarissa, and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. By means of broad historical analysis, but also through subtle attention to the fabric of individual texts, Kerrigan shows how evolving attitudes to retribution have shaped and reconstituted tragedy in the West, and elucidates the remarkable capacity of his ancient theme to generate innovative works of art. Although Revenge Tragedy: Aeschylus to Armageddon is a literary study, it makes fresh and ambitious use of ideas from anthropology, social theory, and moral philosophy. As a result, it will be of interest to students in a variety of disciplines, as well as to the general reader. - John Kerrigan is a Fellow of St Johns College, Cambridge, and University Lecturer in English. ISBN 9780198184515 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550. Artikel-Nr. 1177335

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