{"product_id":"sweet-violence-paperback","title":"Sweet Violence - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTerry Eagleton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTerry Eagleton's \u003ci\u003eTragedy\u003c\/i\u003e provides a major critical and analytical account of the concept of 'tragedy' from its origins in the Ancient world right down to the twenty-first century.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cli\u003eA major new intellectual endeavour from one of the world's finest, and most controversial, cultural theorists.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides an analytical account of the concept of 'tragedy' from its origins in the ancient world to the present day.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the idea of the 'tragic' across all genres of writing, as well as in philosophy, politics, religion and psychology, and throughout western culture.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders the psychological, religious and socio-political implications and consequences of our fascination with the tragic.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this dazzling book Terry Eagleton provides a comprehensive study of tragedy, all the way from Aeschylus to Edward Albee, dealing with both theory and practice, and moving between ideas of tragedy and analyses of particular works and authors. This amazing tour-de-force steps out beyond the stage to reflect not only on tragic art but also on real-life tragedy. It explores the idea of the tragic in the novel, examining such writers as Melville, Hawthorne, Stendhal, Tolstoy, Flaubert, Dostoevsky, Kafka, Manzoni, Goethe and Mann, as well as English novelists. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith his characteristic brilliance and inventiveness of mind, Eagleton weaves together literature, philosophy, ethics, theology, and political theory. In so doing he makes a major political-philosophical statement drawn from a startling range of Western thought, in the writings of Plato, St Paul, St Augustine, Descartes, Pascal, Spinoza, Hume, Kant, Hegel, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, Sartre and others.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book takes serious issue with the idea of 'the death of tragedy', and gives a comprehensive survey of definitions of tragedy itself, arguing a radical and controversial case.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTerry Eagleton\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Cultural Theory and John Rylands Fellow at the University of Manchester. His numerous works include \u003ci\u003eThe Illusions of Postmodernism\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), \u003ci\u003eLiterary Theory: An Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e (second edition, 1996), \u003ci\u003eThe Ideology of the Aesthetic\u003c\/i\u003e (1990), \u003ci\u003eScholars and Rebels in Nineteenth Century Ireland\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), and \u003ci\u003eThe Idea of Culture\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), all published by Blackwell, as are his dramatic writings, \u003ci\u003eSt Oscar and Other Plays\u003c\/i\u003e (1997), and the \u003ci\u003eEagleton Reader\u003c\/i\u003e (1997) edited by Stephen Regan. His memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Gatekeeper\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 2002.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 348\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 9.16 x 6.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 27, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42737092591679,"sku":"9780631233602","price":99.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/15daea9b96a58539bd2b967fdcd128e5.webp?v=1765148808","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/sweet-violence-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}