Tragedy, the Greeks and Us

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Simon Critchley: Tragedy, the Greeks and Us (2019, Profile Books Limited)

336 pages

English language

Published Oct. 6, 2019 by Profile Books Limited.

ISBN:
978-1-78816-147-3
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4 stars (2 reviews)

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Really gets you pumped on Greek Tragedy

4 stars

This is a really feisty and enthusiastic take on Greek tragedy.

I don’t want to spoil it but there’s a lot of great stuff about why tragedy is a worthwhile thing to read right now, how heroes and wars fucked up everything, and how Greek tragedy gave voices to the people most affected by this.

Sometimes he gets a little off track but he does a good job of reigning it back in.

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Subjects

  • Tragic, the
  • Tragedy
  • Greek drama, history and criticism
  • Literature, philosophy
  • Philosophy, ancient