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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821164103321

Autore

Moss Leonard <1931->

Titolo

The tragic paradox / / Leonard Moss

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2012

©2012

ISBN

0-7391-7122-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 p.)

Disciplina

809/.9162

Soggetti

Tragedy - History and criticism

Paradox in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

THE TRAGIC PARADOX; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Languages of Paradox; Part I: The Narrative Language; 1. The Masculine Model; 2. The Tragic Female; 3. The Tragic Sequence; 4. Shakespeare's Dangerous Companion; 5. The Relevance of Hegel; Part II: The Metaphorical Language; 6. The Artistry of Flux; 7. The Logic of Dreams; Part III: The Rhetorical Language; 8. Plato's Paragon; 9. Milton's Potpourri; 10. Shakespeare's Paradox; Conclusion: The Truth of Tragedy; Notes; Two Bibliographies, 1900-2010; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

How do an author's techniques establish the recurring paradox raised by the tragic genre? I have called upon the valuable arguments offered by Plato, Aristotle, Hegel, and Nietzsche to help the student and lay reader understand the operation of basic literary languages. But fiction is not philosophy. My study focuses on the narrative sequence, im-ages, and rhetorical devices that embody a dilemma envisioned by prominent tragedians in both the ancient and modern worlds.