Reality Heroic Pattern Last Plays by Grene David (10 results)

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2d Impression. xiv, 169p., stiff wrappers.

Hardcover. Condition: UsedGood. Hardcover; fading and shelf wear to exterior; fading to pages; in good condition with clean text, firm binding. Dust jacket shows scuffing and edge tears, including a tear to top front corner.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, 2nd Printing (1969). Not price-clipped. Published by University of Chicago Press, 1967. Octavo. Paperback. Book is very good with shelf/edgewear. Great copy of this collection of essays on classic literature and drama.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

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Original softcover. Condition: Gut. XIV, 169 p. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Bleached spine, somewhat rubbed binding, annotation on endpaper and title page, small staining on last endpaper, otherwise good. / Verblichener Rücken, etwas beriebener Einband, Anmerkung auf Vorsatz und Titelblatt, kleine Anschmutzung auf hinterem Vorsatz, sonst gut. - In this stimulating book David Grene looks closely at the last plays of three great dramatists: Ibsen's The Master Builder, Little Eyolf, John Gabriel Borkman, and When We Dead Awaken; Shakespeare's Cymbeline, The Winter's Tale, and The Tempest; and Sophocles' Ajax, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus. Grene sees in the plays common features of plot and treatment, and a similar theme. "That theme at its most directas in the Ibsen playsis the establishment of meaning for the events of a life, looking backward from its conclusion," writes the author. "This is to relate the sequence of acts to some pattern of reality . so that we believe there was a direction and significance to our lives." Such an "heroic pattern," however, can be established only against the current of anonymous reality, the tide of events and people that threatens to obscure the unique pattern of each particular life. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

xiv, 169p., original blue cloth, minor foxing on the top-edge, author's SIGNED presentation copy.

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN: