Revenge Tragedy: Aeschylus to ArmageddonRevenge has long been a central theme in Western culture. From Homer to Nietzsche, from St. Paul to Sylvia Plath, major writers have been fascinated by its emotional intensity and by the questions it raises about the nature of justice, violence, sexuality, and death. John Kerrigan employs both wide-ranging historical analysis and subtle attention to individual texts to explore the culture of vengeance in several languages and genres. Thus, he shows how evolving attitudes to retribution have shaped and reconstituted tragedy in the West and elucidates the remarkable capacity of this ancient theme to generate innovative works of art. Although this book is a literary study, it makes use of anthropology, social theory, and moral philosophy. As a result, it will be of interest to students in a variety of disciplines, as well as to the general reader. |
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Page 126
... words which he recalls to Eve when the thought of bringing children into the ' cursed world ' ( x . 984 ) makes her contemplate suicide . For between his renditions of God's curses on the serpent and on the ground ( x . 175–8 , 198– 208 ) ...
... words which he recalls to Eve when the thought of bringing children into the ' cursed world ' ( x . 984 ) makes her contemplate suicide . For between his renditions of God's curses on the serpent and on the ground ( x . 175–8 , 198– 208 ) ...
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... words are attributed to the Chorus , they are not fully Kennelly's . On the other hand , they are added to Euripides and consistent ( in their sub - Yeatsian way ) with the drift of his adapta- tion . Wanting Medea to be intuitive and ...
... words are attributed to the Chorus , they are not fully Kennelly's . On the other hand , they are added to Euripides and consistent ( in their sub - Yeatsian way ) with the drift of his adapta- tion . Wanting Medea to be intuitive and ...
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... words , But not the words ' ( IV . ii . 32–3 ) —until , in the sheer brutality of Othello's rejection , the underlying inequalities of strength and authority become explicit . The stifling of Desde- mona's protests , here , ominously ...
... words , But not the words ' ( IV . ii . 32–3 ) —until , in the sheer brutality of Othello's rejection , the underlying inequalities of strength and authority become explicit . The stifling of Desde- mona's protests , here , ominously ...
Contents
On Aristotle and Revenge Tragedy | 3 |
Aeschylus and Dracula | 33 |
Sophocles in Baker Street | 59 |
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