{"product_id":"the-origin-of-german-tragic-drama-paperback","title":"The Origin of German Tragic Drama - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWalter Benjamin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Osborne\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eGeorge Steiner\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Origin of German Tragic Drama\u003c\/i\u003e is Walter Benjamin's most sustained and original work. It begins with a general theoretical introduction on the nature of the baroque art of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, concentrating on the peculiar stage-form of royal martyr dramas called Trauerspiel. Benjamin also comments on the engravings of Durer and the theatre of Calderon and Shakespeare. Baroque tragedy, he argues, was distinguished from classical tragedy by its shift from myth into history. Georg Lukacs, an opponent of Benjamin's aesthetics, singled out \u003ci\u003eThe Origin of German Tragic Drama\u003c\/i\u003e as one of the main sources of literary modernism in the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWalter Benjamin\u003c\/b\u003e was a German-Jewish Marxist literary critic, essayist, translator, and philosopher. He was at times associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory and is the author of \u003ci\u003eIlluminations\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Arcades Project\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Origin of German Tragic Drama.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Steiner\u003c\/b\u003e, author of dozens of books (\u003ci\u003eThe Death of Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAfter Babel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHeidegger\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn Bluebeard's Castle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMy Unwritten Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGeorge Steiner at the New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e), is Extraordinary Fellow of Churchill College at Cambridge University.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 22, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765421998368,"sku":"9781804290460","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4357383e04aa90d6f08c3e11df8e5bae.webp?v=1780269141","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-origin-of-german-tragic-drama-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}