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Hans Urs von Balthasar and the Question of Tragedy in the Novels of Thomas Hardy (Hardcover, New)
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Hans Urs von Balthasar and the Question of Tragedy in the Novels of Thomas Hardy (Hardcover, New)
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What role do novels, drama, and tragedy play within Christian
thought and living? The twentieth century Catholic theologian Hans
Urs von Balthasar addressed these questions using tragic drama. For
him, Christ was the true tragic hero of the world who exceeded all
tragic literature and experience. Balthasar demonstrated how
ancient, pre-Christian tragedy and Renaissance works contained
important Christian concepts, but he critiqued modern novels as
failing to be either truly tragic or Christian. By examining the
tragic novels of Thomas Hardy on their own terms, we have an
important counterpoint to Balthasar's argument that the novel is
too prosaic for theological reflection. Hardy's novels are an apt
pairing for examination and critique, as they are both classically
and biblically influenced, as well as contemporary.The larger
implication for Balthasar's theology is that his innovations in
theological aesthetics and tragedy must be expanded in the light of
modernity and the tragic novel.
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