Approaching Hegel's Logic, Obliquely: Melville, Moliere, Beckett

by Angelica Nuzzo

Book Overview

In this book, Angelica Nuzzo proposes a reading of Hegel's Logic as "logic of transformation" and "logic of action," and supports this thesis by looking to works of literature and history as exemplary of Hegel's argument and method. By examining Melville's Billy Budd, Moli re's Tartuffe, Beckett's Endgame, Elizabeth Bishop's and Giacomo Leopardi's late poetry along with Thucydides' History in this way, Nuzzo finds an unprecedented...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438472048
• ISBN13: 9781438472041
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 454 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 8.9"