Revenge Tragedy: Aeschylus to Armageddon - Rilegato

Kerrigan, John

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0198121865 ISBN 13: 9780198121862

Casa editrice: Oxford Univ Pr, 1995

Riassunto

Revenge has long been a central theme in Western culture. From Homer to Nietzsche, from St. Paul to Sylvia Plath, major writers have been fascinated by its emotional intensity and by the questions it raises about the nature of justice, violence, sexuality, and death. John Kerrigan employs both wide-ranging historical analysis and subtle attention to individual texts to explore the culture of vengeance in several languages and genres. Thus, he shows how evolving attitudes to retribution have shaped and reconstituted tragedy in the West and elucidates the remarkable capacity of this ancient theme to generate innovative works of art. Although this book is a literary study, it makes use of 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.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

John Kerrigan is a Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, and University Lecturer in English.

Product Description:

Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. 404 pages; Physical desc.: xv, 404 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. Subjects: Aeschylus - Studies. Tragedy - History and criticism. Psychoanalysis and literature - Revenge in literature.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Oxford Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0198121865
• ISBN 13: 9780198121862
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 404