{"product_id":"tragic-play-9780231145565","title":"Tragic Play","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Christoph Menke develops tragedy as a modern mode of understanding in new and interesting ways. His ideas should generate quite a bit of debate not only in philosophy but also in literary studies and social theory.\" -- Fred Rush, Univ. of Notre Dame\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrefatory Note Part I. The Excess of Judgment: A Reading of Oedipus Tyrannus 1. \"It was I myself\": The Shape of Destiny \tActing, by Knowing \t\"In the Manner of Tragedy\" 2. From Judging to Being Judged: The Story of Oedipus \tThe Juridification of the Oracle \tPlacing a Curse \tSelf-Condemnation \tThe \"Curse of the Law\" 3. Author and Character: Oedipus's Existence \tDramatic Existence \tTranscendental Dramatics \tExcursus: The Concept of Tragic Irony 4. The Violence of Judgment: Oedipus's Experience \tPhilosophy and Tragedy \tThe Objectivity of Judgment \tOedipus's Lament \tErrors Great and Small \tThe Paradox in the Judgment of an Error 5. \"Learning from Suffering\": Tragedy and Life Part II. Theoretical Interlude: The Process of Tragedy 6. Toward an Aesthetics of Tragedy: From the Beautiful to Play \tThe Suspension of the Tragic in the Beautiful \tContemplation or Reflection  \tActing Out Action \tThe Freedom of the Actor 7. Promise and Impotence of Play \tParody of Tragedy and Tragedy of Parody: Romantic Comedy  \tThe Untragic Hero: The Dialectical Lehrstuck \tMeta-theater, by Meta-tragedy  Part III. The Tragedy of Play 8. Tragedy and Skepticism: On Hamlet \tAction, by Knowledge \t\"Madness\" and Irony \tDizziness of Reflection: Theater and Tragedy 9. Three Sketches: Beckett, by Muller \tThe Score of the Feud: Samuel Beckett's Endgame \tGladiators of Play: Heiner Muller's Philoktet \tNever: Botho Strauss's Ithaka Backnotes Bibliography","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51358992269655,"sku":"9780231145565","price":55.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231145565.jpg?v=1754123133","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/tragic-play-9780231145565","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}