{"product_id":"the-redemption-of-tragedy-the-literary-vision-of-simone-weil-9780791422816","title":"The Redemption of Tragedy: The Literary Vision of Simone Weil","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Katherine T. Brueck\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Sociology of Religion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSimone Weil's supernaturalist interpretations of tragedy challenge not only the philosophical skepticism but also the religious rationalism characteristic of the modern age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book boldly points out a supernaturalist alternative to contemporary, post-structuralist literary theory. This study of classical tragic drama offers a sacralizing impetus to secular discussions of literature. The book's Platonic premises and its grounding in the transcendental outlook of the religious traditions furnish a sacred illumination. Religious mystery and the cross of Christ both overshadow and deepen philosophical approaches to literary criticism, including theories of tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSimone Weil's conception of tragic art, rooted in a mystical Christian metaphysics, offers original insight into the nature of tragedy. In contradiction of the prevailing secular outlook, Weil regards classical tragedy as a sacred art form. Tragic masterpieces evoke not the chaotic or irrational, as modernist interpreters hold, but rather a good which is absolute\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47892465746071,"sku":"9780791422816","price":8682.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780791422816.webp?v=1781187116","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-redemption-of-tragedy-the-literary-vision-of-simone-weil-9780791422816","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}