Ebook: The Ancient Quarrel Between Poetry and Philosophy
Author: Gould Thomas
- Tags: Greek drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism -- Theory etc. Poetics -- History -- To 1500. Suffering in literature. Sympathy in literature. Literature -- Philosophy. Pathos in literature. Philosophy Ancient. DRAMA -- Ancient & Classical. DRAMA -- Ancient Classical & Medieval.
- Series: Princeton legacy library
- Year: 2014
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- City: Princeton
- Language: English
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Affecting audiences with depictions of suffering and injustice is a key function of tragedy, and yet it has long been viewed by philosophers as a dubious enterprise. In this book Thomas Gould uses both historical and theoretical approaches to explore tragedy and its power to gratify readers and audiences. He takes as his starting point Plato's moral and psychological objections to tragedy, and the conflict he Read more...
Abstract: Affecting audiences with depictions of suffering and injustice is a key function of tragedy, and yet it has long been viewed by philosophers as a dubious enterprise. In this book Thomas Gould uses both historical and theoretical approaches to explore tragedy and its power to gratify readers and audiences. He takes as his starting point Plato's moral and psychological objections to tragedy, and the conflict he recognized between ""poetry""--The exploitation of our yearning to see ourselves as victims--and ""philosophy""--the insistence that all good people are happy. Plato's objections to tr