| Author/Contributor(s): | Billings, Joshua |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Date: | 10/26/2014 |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Condition: | NEW |
"There is no body of work as important for understanding the idea of the tragic as German Idealism, which fundamentally changed modernity's notions of tragedy. I can think of no better guide to these formidable writings than Joshua Billings, who takes the reader through them with clarity, deep knowledge, and revelatory exposition. A great achievement, this is a book that scholars and students of tragedy have needed for years."--Simon Goldhill, University of Cambridge
"This is a very fine book--meticulously researched and clearly written. Joshua Billings is in complete control of his material--and his combination of serious purpose and scholarly adroitness is hard to beat. Scholars and students alike will learn much from this study of the tragic as a philosophical ideal, a notion that continues to haunt us today."--James I. Porter, University of California, Irvine
"Readers of Greek tragedy and readers of German Idealism, whether classicists or not, have much to learn from this important book."--Constanze Guthenke, Princeton University