| The Origin of German Tragic Drama Contributor(s): Benjamin, Walter (Author), Osborne, John (Translator), Steiner, George (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1844673480 ISBN-13: 9781844673483 Publisher: Verso OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2009 Annotation: The Origin of German Tragic Drama is generally acknowledged as Benjamin's most sustained and original work and as one of the main sources of literary modernism in the twentieth century. It begins with a general theoretical introductions on the nature of the baroque art of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, concentrating on the peculiar stage-form of royal martyr dramas called Trauerspiel. Later, Benjamin discusses the engravings of Durer, and the theatre of Shakespeare and Calderon. Baroque tragedy, he argues was distinguished from classical tragedy by its shift from myth into history. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - General - Literary Criticism | European - German - Social Science |
| Dewey: 832.051 |
| Series: Radical Thinkers |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.1" W x 7.6" (0.60 lbs) 256 pages |