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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| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2020.
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| 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.