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Pollution and Crisis in Greek Tragedy
Fabian Meinel
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Description for Pollution and Crisis in Greek Tragedy
hardcover. The first detailed analysis of the important role pollution and its counterparts - purity and purification - play in Greek tragedy. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
Pollution is ubiquitous in Greek tragedy: matricidal Orestes seeks purification at Apollo's shrine in Delphi; carrion from Polyneices' unburied corpse fills the altars of Thebes; delirious Phaedra suffers from a 'pollution of the mind'. This book undertakes the first detailed analysis of the important role which pollution and its counterparts - purity and purification - play in tragedy. It argues that pollution is central in the negotiation of tragic crises, fulfilling a diverse array of functions by virtue of its qualities and associations, from making sense of adversity to configuring civic identity in the encounter of self and other. While ... Read more
Pollution is ubiquitous in Greek tragedy: matricidal Orestes seeks purification at Apollo's shrine in Delphi; carrion from Polyneices' unburied corpse fills the altars of Thebes; delirious Phaedra suffers from a 'pollution of the mind'. This book undertakes the first detailed analysis of the important role which pollution and its counterparts - purity and purification - play in tragedy. It argues that pollution is central in the negotiation of tragic crises, fulfilling a diverse array of functions by virtue of its qualities and associations, from making sense of adversity to configuring civic identity in the encounter of self and other. While ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
290
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107044463
SKU
V9781107044463
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99-18
About Fabian Meinel
Fabian Meinel is an affiliated researcher at the Centre Paul-Albert Février at the Maison Méditerranéenne des Sciences de l'Homme in Aix-en-Provence.
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