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Achilles' Choice: Examples of Modern Tragedy
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
Achilles' Choice: Examples of Modern Tragedy
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) David Lenson
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Series | Princeton Essays in Literature |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:194 | Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 152 |
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Category/Genre | Literary theory |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780691617749
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Classifications | Dewey:809.9162 |
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Audience | Tertiary Education (US: College) | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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Publication Date |
8 March 2015 |
Publication Country |
United States
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Description
Why, during the last two hundred years, when critical achievement in the field of tragedy has been outstanding, has there been little creative practice? David Lenson examines the work of various writers not ordinarily placed in the tragic tradition--among them, Kleist, Goethe, Melville, Yeats, and Faulkner--and suggests that the tradition of traged
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