The Origin of German Tragic Drama Paperback / softback
by Walter Benjamin
Part of the Radical Thinkers Set 04 series
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Cited by Lukács as a principal source of literary modernism, Walter Benjamin's study of the baroque stage-form called Trauerspiel (literally, "mourning play") is the most complete document of his prismatic literary and philosophical practice.
Engaging with sixteenth- and seventeenth-century German playwrights as well as the plays of Shakespeare and Calderón and the engravings of Dürer, Benjamin attempts to show how the historically charged forms of the Trauerspiel broke free of tragedy's mythological timelessness.
From its philosophical prologue, which offers a rare account of Benjamin's early aesthetics, to its mind-wrenching meditation on allegory, The Origin of German Tragic Drama sparkles with early insights and the seeds of Benjamin's later thought.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:258 pages
- Publisher:Verso Books
- Publication Date:09/06/2009
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- ISBN:9781844673483
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In Stock - low on stock, only 1 copy remainingFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:258 pages
- Publisher:Verso Books
- Publication Date:09/06/2009
- Category:
- ISBN:9781844673483
