Agonistics: Arenas of Creative Contest - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0791434117 ISBN 13 : 9780791434116

Editeur : State University of New York Press, 1997

Synopsis

This book examines the ambiguities inherent in the concept of the agon as a motivating, conflictual force behind creative and social expression. The notion of agonistics extends far beyond the literary fame lent it by Harold Bloom to embrace all aspects of culture. The editors blend theoretical sophistication with an interdisciplinary approach and reposit the agon in a new, broad context for postmodern inquiry. Taking their inspiration from Friedrich Nietzsche's essay "Homer's Contest," Lungstrum and Sauer trace the evolution of the agon: from its vital function in ancient Greece, through modernity, and onward.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Janet Lungstrum is Assistant Professor of German Literature at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Elizabeth Sauer is Associate Professor of English Literature at Brock University. She is the author of Barbarous Dissonance and Images of Voice in Milton's Epics.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: State University of New York Press
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0791434117
• ISBN 13: 9780791434116
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 359
• Éditeur: Lungstrum Janet, Sauer Elizabeth
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