Praise and Blame in Greek Tragedy
Kate Cook, "Praise and Blame in Greek Tragedy"
English | ISBN: 1350410497 | 2024 | 264 pages | EPUB, PDF | 536 KB + 5 MB
English | ISBN: 1350410497 | 2024 | 264 pages | EPUB, PDF | 536 KB + 5 MB
Exploring the use of praise and blame in Greek tragedy in relation to heroic identity, Kate Cook demonstrates that the distribution of praise and blame, a significant social function of archaic and classical poetry, also plays a key role in Greek tragedy. Both concepts are a central part of the discourse surrounding the identity of male heroic figures in tragedy, and thus are essential for understanding a range of tragedies in their literary and social contexts. In the tragic genre, the destructive or dangerous aspects of the process of
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