Prophesying Tragedy

Prophesying Tragedy
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Publisher : Cornell University Press
Total Pages : 157
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ISBN-10 : 9781501745584
ISBN-13 : 1501745581
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Book Synopsis Prophesying Tragedy by : Rebecca Weld Bushnell

Download or read book Prophesying Tragedy written by Rebecca Weld Bushnell and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2019-05-15 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prophesying Tragedy investigates the political and epistemological dimensions of the conflict between heroes and prophets in homer's Iliad and Sophocles' Theban plays, Antigone, Oedipus the King, and Oedipus at Colonus. Rebecca Weld Bushnell asserts that an understanding of tragic fate, as represented in prophecy, can be achieved through an awareness of the historical relationship of tragedy to culture and politics, for the tragic hero's interpretation and defiance of prophecy both reflected and influenced the political abuse of oracles and omens.


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