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001 2008038908
003 DLC
005 20100222114909.0
008 080917s2009 nyu b 000 0 eng
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020 $a9780231145565 (cloth : alk. paper)
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035 $a(OCoLC)ocn254526731
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050 00 $aPN1892$b.M4513 2009
100 1 $aMenke, Christoph,$d1958-
240 10 $aGegenwart der Tragödie.$lEnglish
245 10 $aTragic play :$birony and theater from Sophocles to Beckett /$cChristoph Menke ; translated by James Phillips.
260 $aNew York :$bColumbia University Press,$cc2009.
300 $axi, 232 p. ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aColumbia themes in philosophy, social criticism, and the arts
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
500 $aTranslated from the German.
505 0 $aPart I. The excess of judgment: a reading of Oedipus Tyrannus -- "It was I myself": the shape of destiny -- From judging to being judged: the story of Oedipus -- Author and character: Oedipus's existence -- The violence of judgment: Oedipus's experience -- "Learning from suffering": tragedy and life -- Part II. Theoretical interlude: the process of tragedy -- Toward an aesthetics of tragedy: from the beautiful to play -- Promise and impotence of play -- Part III. The tragedy of play -- Tragedy and skepticism: on Hamlet -- Three sketches: Beckett, Müller, Strauss.
650 0 $aTragedy$xHistory and criticism.
830 0 $aColumbia themes in philosophy, social criticism, and the arts.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0828/2008038908.html