Tragedy and the Idea of Modernity

From around 1800, particularly in Germany, Greek tragedy has been privileged in popular and scholarly discourse for its relation to apparently timeless metaphysical, existential, ethical, aesthetic, and psychological questions. As a major concern of modern philosophy, it has fascinated thinkers including Hegel, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Freud, and Heidegger. Such theories have arguably had a more profound influence on modern understanding of the genre...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198727798
• ISBN13: 9780198727798
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"