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294 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781107066397
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 31 May 2013
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This book is a full survey of the philosophy of tragedy from antiquity to the present. From Aristotle to Žižek the focal question has been: why, in spite of its distressing content, do we value tragic drama? What is the nature of the 'tragic effec...
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294 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781107066397
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 31 May 2013
Description
This book is a full survey of the philosophy of tragedy from antiquity to the present. From Aristotle to Žižek the focal question has been: why, in spite of its distressing content, do we value tragic drama? What is the nature of the 'tragic effec...