Mocked with Death: Tragic Overliving from Sophocles to Milton
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In Paradise Lost, Adam asks, "Why do I overlive?" Adam's anguished question is the basis for a critical analysis of living too long as a neglected but central theme in Western tragic literature. Emily Wilson examines this experience in works by Milton and by four of his literary predecessors: Sophocles, Euripides, Seneca, and Shakespeare. Each of these writers composed works in which the central character undergoes unbearable suffering or...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0801879647
ISBN13:9780801879647
Release Date:January 2005
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:304 Pages
Weight:1.25 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"
Age Range:22 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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