Mocked with Death: Tragic Overliving from Sophocles to Milton

by Emily R. Wilson and Emily Wilson

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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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