{"product_id":"good-god-book-michael-brooks-9781789593280","title":"Good God","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat is the tragic imagination? And what role does it play in the works of William Shakespeare and Ralph Waldo Emerson?\u003c\/b\u003e Explaining the tragic imagination as a creative faculty employed to answer the perennial\u0026gt;\u003ci\u003eRiddle of the Sphinx\u003c\/i\u003e - a theory of the world that advances human freedom and dignity in the face of historical injustice, cruelty and violence - Andy Amato seeks to recover and rehabilitate this concept by revealing its significance to both key works of philosophy and literature and our contemporary world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book begins with a close and careful reading of Emerson's first major work, \u003ci\u003eNature, \u003c\/i\u003ein conversation with nineteenth and 20thcentury continental philosophy, critical theory and post-structuralism. Uncovering neglected elements of Emerson's philosophy, beyond his reputation as the philosopher of 'cheer', this book explores how Emersonian transcendentalism affirms rather than denies the tragic sense of life - tragic idealism - and makes a substantial contribution to philosophy's perpetual endeavour to solve the\u0026gt;\u003ci\u003eRiddle. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the second part of the book, Amato then employs Emerson's theoretical lens to interpret Shakespeare's tragedy, \u003ci\u003eKing Lear. \u003c\/i\u003eIn doing so, he innovatively reframes the central themes of suffering, vision, nature, nothing, foolishness and silence toward achieving liberation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy pairing these two giants of literature and philosophy, \u003ci\u003eThe Tragic Imagination in Shakespeare and Emerson\u0026gt;\u003c\/i\u003enot only offers fresh interpretations of\u0026gt;\u003ci\u003eNature\u0026gt;\u003c\/i\u003eand\u0026gt;\u003ci\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/i\u003e, but also makes the case for the renewed deployment of tragic imagination, in creative redress, to our current social-political situation.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51051507056913,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51051509907729,"sku":"NIN9781789593280","price":23.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52614634504465,"sku":"NLS9781789593280","price":23.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/178959328X.jpg?v=1751026726","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/good-god-book-michael-brooks-9781789593280","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}