Physical Pain And Justice: Greek Tragedy And The Russian Novel (Crosscurrents: Russia'S Literature In Context)

This study examines the treatment of physical pain in a selection of classical Greek plays and nineteenth-century Russian novels. The author highlights parallels between these Greek and Russian texts and analyzes how they employ pain to investigate the legitimacy of the state and the justice of the world order.

• | Author: Gary Rosenshield
• | Publisher: Lexington Books
• | Publication Date: Oct 04, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 216 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/History
• | ISBN-10: 1498568459
• | ISBN-13: 9781498568456