Leon Golden

Broschiertes Buch

Aristotle and the Arc of Tragedy

Beschreibung

Whether in life or on the stage, tragedy touches our hearts. Drawing on a lifetime of research into Aristotle’s Poetics, the brilliant mind of scholar Leon Golden explains why tragedy evokes such passion and how to interpret great literary tragedies, such as Oedipus Rex, Othello, Death of a Salesman.

Autor

Leon Golden, retired as Emeritus Professor of Classical Languages, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, after 38 years. A noted Classics scholar, Golden's nearly 60-year career involved teaching, research, and publishing on the greatest philosophers, characters, literature, and culture of the ancient Greco-Roman world. Among his numerous publications are In Praise of Prometheus (1966), Aristotle's Poetics (1968), Aristotle: On Tragic and Comic Mimesis (1992), Horace for Students of Literature (1995), Understanding the Iliad (2004), and Achilles and Yossarian (2009). He is a career-long member of the American Philological Association, Archeological Institute of America, Classical Association Midwest and South (president Southern section 1972-74), and Phi Beta Kappa.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Diversion Publishing - Ips
• Seitenzahl: 94
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 149mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 157g
• ISBN-13: 9781635762600
• ISBN-10: 163576260X
• Artikelnr.: 48742450