{"product_id":"sweet-violence-the-idea-of-the-tragic-paperback-softback-9780631233602","title":"Sweet Violence; The Idea of the Tragic (Paperback \/ softback) 9780631233602","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSweet Violence\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Idea of the Tragic\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTerry Eagleton (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631233602, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 22 August 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e352 pages\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.3 x 2.5 cm, 0.535 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Terry Eagleton’s titanic tryst with the Tragic muse crowns a career devoted to exploring the ideology of aesthetic and political form … This is a brave and bracing book that bridges Eagleton’s secular, socialist ideals with his metaphysical and theological aspirations: a remarkable comedic spirit hovers over this passionate reflection on the temper of tragedy.\" \u003ci\u003eHomi K. Bhabha, Harvard University\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c!--end--\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Sweet Violence\u003c\/i\u003e has all the characteristics that compel the reader, however tested and exasperated, to admire its author. It is long, discursive, packed with illustrations drawn from enormous reading in world literature, perverse and even, quite often, funny.\" \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Eagleton has raised a banner for a terrifying but beautiful new seriousness in the arts, directly drawn from our contemporary world. It is an extraordinary achievement and ... an inspiration.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The best book Terry Eagleton has yet written.\" \u003ci\u003eEnglish Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA major new intellectual endeavour from one of the world's finest, and most controversial, cultural theorists.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides an analytical account of the concept of 'tragedy' from its origins in the ancient world to the present day.\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.\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\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements. \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. A Theory in Ruins.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Value of Agony.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. From Hegel to Beckett.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Heroes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Freedom, Fate and Justice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Pity, Fear and Pleasure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Tragedy and the Novel.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Tragedy and Modernity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Demons.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Thomas Mann's Hedgehog.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Language: reference \u0026amp; general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Language: reference \u0026amp; general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Language:%20reference%20\u0026amp;%20general%20%5BCB%5D%22\"\u003eCB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52460685426968,"sku":"9780631233602","price":27.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631233602.jpg?v=1785458188","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/sweet-violence-the-idea-of-the-tragic-paperback-softback-9780631233602","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}