Revenge Tragedy: Aeschylus to Armageddon

by John Kerrigan

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Revenge has long been a central theme in Western culture. From Homer to Nietzsche, from St. Paul to Sylvia Plath, major writers have been fascinated by its emotional intensity and by the questions it raises about the nature of justice, violence, sexuality, and death. John Kerrigan employs both wide-ranging historical analysis and subtle attention to individual texts to explore the culture of vengeance in several languages and genres. Thus, he shows...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0198184514

ISBN13:9780198184515

Release Date:April 1998

Publisher:OUP Oxford

Length:420 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Related Subjects

Criticism & Theory History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections

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