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Sweet violence: the idea of the tragic

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Acknowledgements.Introduction.1. A Theory in Ruins.2. The Value of Agony.3. From Hegel to Beckett.4. Heroes.5. Freedom, Fate and Justice.6. Pity, Fear and Pleasure.7. Tragedy and the Novel.8. Tragedy and Modernity.9 Demons.10. Thomas Mann's Hedgehog. Notes. Index.

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Acknowledgements.Introduction.1. A Theory in Ruins.2. The Value of Agony.3. From Hegel to Beckett.4. Heroes.5. Freedom, Fate and Justice.6. Pity, Fear and Pleasure.7. Tragedy and the Novel.8. Tragedy and Modernity.9 Demons.10. Thomas Mann's Hedgehog. Notes. Index.

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Acknowledgements.Introduction.1. A Theory in Ruins.2. The Value of Agony.3. From Hegel to Beckett.4. Heroes.5. Freedom, Fate and Justice.6. Pity, Fear and Pleasure.7. Tragedy and the Novel.8. Tragedy and Modernity.9 Demons.10. Thomas Mann's Hedgehog. Notes. Index.

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