The Origin of German Tragic Drama (Paperback)

Cited by Lukacs as a principal source of literary modernism, Walter Benjamin's study of the baroque stage-form called Trauerspiel (literally, "mourning play") is the most complete document of his prismatic literary and philosophical practice. Engaging with sixteenth- and seventeenth-century German playwrights as well as the plays of Shakespeare and Calderon and the engravings of Durer, Benjamin attempts to show how the historically charged forms of the Trauerspiel broke free of tragedy's mythological timelessness. From its philosophical prologue, which offers a rare account of Benjamin's early aesthetics, to its mind-wrenching meditation on allegory, "The Origin of German Tragic Drama" sparkles with early insights and the seeds of Benjamin's later thought.

General

Imprint:	Verso Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Radical Thinkers
Release date:	June 2009
First published:	June 2009
Authors:	Walter Benjamin
Introduction by:	George Steiner
Translators:	John Osborne
Dimensions:	195 x 128 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-1-84467-348-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > General
LSN:	1-84467-348-0
Barcode:	9781844673483

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