William Marx

The Tomb of Oedipus

Why Greek Tragedies Were Not Tragic

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Produktbeschreibung

Nearly Everything We Think We Know about Greek Tragedy Is Wrong. This Is Why.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Verso / Verso UK
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 6390
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 208mm x 138mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 206g
• ISBN-13: 9781788736138
• ISBN-10: 1788736133
• Artikelnr.: 63336418

Autorenporträt

William Marx is a French writer and scholar, Professor of Comparative Literatures at the Collège de France, France’s most prestigious academic institution, and a Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Studies in Berlin. His books (and among them The Hatred of Literature) have been translated in ten languages.

Rezensionen

William Marx doesn't take anything for granted. Here, his thoughts take us to the most established concept in literature, "Greek tragedy", and then undermines it. His tools: the integration of in-depth historical analysis, detailed understanding of the antique plays, studying the traces of lost plays, and a rethinking of what always seemed obvious but is in fact anachronistic. He questions the very concept of the tragic, revises other basic concepts such as catharsis, and offers a fresh reading of those texts that re-become vital for the history of literature and our contemporary world. Mieke Bal