The Death of Tragedy
内容简介
""This book is important--and portentous--for if it is true that tragedy is dead, we face a vital cultural loss. . . . The book is bound to start controversy. . . . The very passion and insight with which he writes about the tragedies that have moved him prove that the vision still lives and that words can still enlighten and reveal.""-R.B. Sewall, New York Times Book Review
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作者简介
George Steiner was recently Lord Weidenfeld Visiting Professor of Comparative Literature at Oxford University. He is a well-known reviewer for the New Yorker, the Times Literary Supplement, and other American and European journals, and he is the author of numerous books that have been translated into a dozen languages. His latest book is No Passion Spent, published by Yale University Press.
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读书文摘
我之所以强调这一点，是因为我坚信关于悲剧戏剧的任何现实的观念都必定始于浩劫的事实。悲剧以失败结尾。悲剧人物被一种既不能被完全理解，也无法用理性的严谨来克服的力量毁。……..悲剧是无法弥补的，它不能给予过去的苦难以合理的、有形的补偿。……. 悲剧告诉我们，理性、秩序和正义的范围是极为有限的，而且我们科学或技术的任何进步都不能扩大它们的影响。…….
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