Just literature : philosophical criticism and justice /

Literature and justice are entwined in many other ways. Ancient Greek tragedies are underpinned by discontinuities between human nomos and a more binding dike. Comedies often depend upon justice, the braggart being exposed and shamed, the overly-witty being humbled, the self-assured being rattled. L...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zamir, Tzachi, 1967- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2020.
Series:New literary theory.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. The point of reading
  • Justice and literature
  • Part 2. Bonds of justice
  • Pity and the moral role of sadness
  • Fallen angels
  • Coda.