Translated from the German.
Part I. The excess of judgment: a reading of Oedipus Tyrannus
"It was I myself": the shape of destiny
From judging to being judged: the story of Oedipus
Author and character: Oedipus's existence
The violence of judgment: Oedipus's experience
"Learning from suffering": tragedy and life
Part II. Theoretical interlude: the process of tragedy
Toward an aesthetics of tragedy: from the beautiful to play
Promise and impotence of play
Part III. The tragedy of play
Tragedy and skepticism: on Hamlet
Three sketches: Beckett, Müller, Strauss.
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Tragic play : irony and theater from Sophocles to Beckett by Christoph Menke. ISBN 9780231518352. Published by Columbia University Press in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
