Sophocles and the Politics of Tragedy : Cities and Transcendence.

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Sophocles and the Politics of Tragedy?is an inquiry into a fundamental political problem made visible through the tragic poetry of Sophocles.?In part I?Badger offers a detailed exegesis of three plays:?Ajax,?Antigone, and?Philoctetes. These plays share a common theme, illuminating a persistent featu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Badger, Jonathan N.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Colección:Routledge innovations in political theory.
Temas:
Sophocles > Criticism and interpretation.
Sophocles
Politics in literature.
Tragedy > History and criticism.
Tragédie > Histoire et critique.
PHILOSOPHY > Political.
Politics in literature
Tragedy
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Sophocles and the Politics of Tragedy?is an inquiry into a fundamental political problem made visible through the tragic poetry of Sophocles.?In part I?Badger offers a detailed exegesis of three plays:?Ajax,?Antigone, and?Philoctetes. These plays share a common theme, illuminating a persistent feature of political life, namely the antagonism between the heroic commitment to the beautiful and the transcendent on the one?hand, and the community's need for bodily safety and material security on the other. This conceptual structure not only helps us understan.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (267 pages).
ISBN:9781136244605
1136244603

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