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Samuel Richardson and the theory of tragedy
eBook - <i>Clarissa</i>'s caesuras
ISBN/EAN: 9781784997977
Umbreit-Nr.: 9968110
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 192 S.
Format in cm:
Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 29.04.2015
Auflage: 1/2015
E-Book
Format: EPUB
DRM: Adobe DRM
- Zusatztext
- <p><i>Samuel Richardson and the theory of tragedy</i> is a bold new interpretation of one of the greatest European novels, Samuel Richardson's<i>Clarissa</i>. It argues that this text needs to be rethought as a dangerous exploration of the ethics of tragedy, on the scale of the great arguments of post-Romantic tragic theory, from Hölderlin to Nietzsche, to Benjamin, Lacan and beyond.<br><br>Taking the reader through the novel from beginning to end, it also acts as a guidebook for newcomers to Richardson's notoriously massive text, and situates it alongside Richardson's other works and the epistolary novel form in general. Filled with innovative close readings that will provoke scholars, students and general readers of the novel alike, it will also serve as a jumping off point for anyone interested in the way the theory of tragedy continues to be the privileged meeting point between literature and philosophy.</p>
- Kurztext
- Provides a bold new interpretation and guided tour of Samuel Richardson's masterpiece of tragedy in the novel, Clarissa