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Tragic Agency in Classical Drama from Aeschylus to Voltaire

By Paul Hammond

Book information

Publisher
BRILL
Year
2021
ISBN
9004467017, 9789004467019
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2817343 bytes)
Series
Faux Titre; 451
Pages
388\389
Time added
2024-02-01 19:39:20

Description

Are we free agents? This perennial question is addressed by tragedy when it dramatizes the struggle of individuals with supernatural forces, or maps the inner conflict of a mind divided against itself. The book discusses plays from classical Greece to neo-classical France.

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