{"product_id":"moral-awareness-in-greek-tragedy-stuart-lawrence-9780199659753","title":"Moral Awareness in Greek Tragedy","description":"Lawrence's volume provides a detailed discussion and analyses of the moral awareness of major characters in Greek tragedy, focusing particularly on the characters' recognition of moral issues and crises, their ability to reflect on them, and their consciousness of doing so. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeginning with a definition of morality and examining the implications of analysing the moral performance of fictional characters, Lawrence considers concepts of the self and the problem of autonomy and personal responsibility in the context of divine intervention, which is a crucial feature of the genre. The volume then moves on to the individual plays (Aeschylus' \u003cem\u003eSeven Against Thebes\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOresteia\u003c\/em\u003e; Sophocles' \u003cem\u003eAjax\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTrachiniae\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOedipus Tyrannus\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eElectra\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePhiloctetes\u003c\/em\u003e; and Euripides' \u003cem\u003eMedea\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHecuba\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHippolytus\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHeracles\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eElectra\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBacchae\u003c\/em\u003e), focusing in each case on a crisis or crises faced by a major character and examining the background which led to it. Lawrence then considers the individual character's moral response and relates it to the critical issues formulated in the volume's opening discussions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book will be important to any student of Classical Studies and those in Philosophy or Literature interested in a theoretical discussion of the morality of literary characters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stuart Lawrence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199659753\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199659753\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/14\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 348\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.81d","brand":"Stuart Lawrence","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45896397979903,"sku":"9780199659753","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7539652d-31b2-4db0-b206-6453b155dcb8.jpg?v=1721371290","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/moral-awareness-in-greek-tragedy-stuart-lawrence-9780199659753","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}