The Ancient Quarrel Between Poetry and Philosophy
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Affecting audiences with depictions of suffering and injustice is a key function of tragedy, and yet it has long been viewed by philosophers as a dubious enterprise. In this book Thomas Gould uses both historical and theoretical approaches to explore tragedy and its power to gratify readers and audiences. He takes as his starting point Plato's moral and psychological objections to tragedy, and the conflict he recognized between "poetry"--the exploitation...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0691073759
ISBN13:9780691073750
Release Date:November 1990
Publisher:Princeton University Press
Length:352 Pages
Weight:1.56 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.5" x 9.6"
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