Tragedy and Redress in Western Literature

This book offers a unique interpretation of tragic literature in the Western tradition, deploying the method and style of Analytic philosophy. Richard Gaskin argues that tragic literature seeks to offer moral and linguistic redress (compensation) for suffering.

Autorentext

Richard Gaskin is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Liverpool, UK. He is the author of seven books including Horace and Housman (2013), Language, Truth, and Literature: A Defence of Literary Humanism (2013), and The Unity of the Proposition (2008).

Inhalt

Introduction

Part I: Tragedy and Moral Redress

1. Oedipus, Hamartia, Freedom, and the Supernatural

2. Antigone's Holy Crime

3. From Cognitive Failure to No-Fault Tragedy

Part II: Tragedy and Linguistic Redress

4. Theoretical Considerations

5. Can Suffering Be Expressed in Words?

6. Tragedy and Linguistic Idealism