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Sophocles and the Politics of Tragedy : Cities and Transcendence.

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.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Sophocles and the Politics of Tragedy Cities and Transcendence; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I; 1 Tragic Insights; 2 Parallax and Politics in Ajax; 3 Death and Desire in Antigone; 4 Friendship and Necessity in Philoctetes; Part II; 5 Medieval Visions and the Early Modern Project; 6 The Tragic Politics of John Locke; 7 Karl Jaspers and the End of Tragedy; Conclusion; Excursus: Corpses; Notes; Bibliography; Index.