The Philosophy of Tragedy by Young & Julian Wake Forest University & North Carolina
Product Specifications
- Title: The Philosophy of Tragedy by Young & Julian Wake Forest University & North Carolina
- Author: Young & Julian Wake Forest University & North Carolina
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Literature history and criticism
- No. of pages: 294
- Dimensions (approx. mm): 154 x 229 x 16
Product Description
Written in an accessible style this is a full survey of the philosophy of tragedy from antiquity to the present. From Aristotle to Žižek philosophers have asked: why notwithstanding its distressing content do we value tragedy? Some point to a certain pleasure that results from tragedy others to the knowledge we gain from tragedy - of psychology ethics freedom or immortality.