William Marx
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Publisher
Verso
Publication Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Greek tragedy is definitely not what you think, and we may never understand it, but this makes it matter all the more to us"-- Provided by publisher.
"If Greek tragedies are meant to be so tragic, why do they so often end so well? Here starts the story of a long and incredible misunderstanding. Out of the hundreds of tragedies that were performed, only 32 were preserved in full. Who chose them and why? Why are the lost ones never taken into account?...
Author
Publication Date
2025
Language
English
Description
"Erich Auerbach wrote his classic work 'Mimesis,' a history of narrative from Homer to Proust, based largely on his memory of past reading. Having left his physical library behind when he fled to Istanbul to escape the Nazis, he was forced to rely on the invisible library of his mind. Each of us has such a library--if not as extensive as Auerbach's--even if we are unaware of it. In this erudite and provocative book, William Marx explores our invisible...