Mocked with Death: Tragic Overliving from Sophocles to Milton - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Emily R. WilsonAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2005-01-04Pages:304
Language:EnglishPublisher:Johns Hopkins University PressISBN-13:9780801879647ISBN-10:801879647UPC:9780801879647Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Ancient and Classical, Semiotics & Theory, MedievalSize:9.20 x 6.28 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.2214Product ID:SCFM81312B
Mocked with Death: Tragic Overliving from Sophocles to Milton
In Paradise Lost, Adam asks, "Why do I overlive?" Adam's anguished question is the basis for a critical analysis of living too long as a neglected but central theme in Western tragic literature. Emily Wilson examines this experience in works by Milton and by four of his literary predecessors: Sophocles, Euripides, Seneca, and Shakespeare. Each of these writers composed works in which the central...
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Johns Hopkins University PressISBN-13:9780801879647ISBN-10:801879647UPC:9780801879647Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Ancient and Classical, Semiotics & Theory, MedievalSize:9.20 x 6.28 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.2214Product ID:SCFM81312B
Emily R. Wilson is an assistant professor of classical studies at the University of Pennsylvania.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
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