Hans Urs von Balthasar and the Question of Tragedy in the Novels of Thomas Hardy

Hans Urs von Balthasar and the Question of Tragedy in the Novels of Thomas Hardy

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Taylor, Kevin
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
EAN: 9780567247650
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What role do novels, drama, and tragedy play within Christian thought and living? The twentieth century Catholic theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar addressed these questions using tragic drama. For him, Christ was the true tragic hero of the world who exceeded all tragic literature and experience. Balthasar demonstrated how ancient, pre-Christian tragedy and Renaissance works contained important Christian concepts, but he critiqued modern novels as failing to be either truly tragic or Christian. By examining the tragic novels of Thomas Hardy on their own terms, we have an important counterpoint to Balthasar''s argument that the novel is too prosaic for theological reflection. Hardy''s novels are an apt pairing for examination and critique, as they are both classically and biblically influenced, as well as contemporary.The larger implication for Balthasar''s theology is that his innovations in theological aesthetics and tragedy must be expanded in the light of modernity and the tragic novel.
EAN 9780567247650
ISBN 0567247651
Binding Ebook
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication date September 26, 2013
Pages 248
Language English
Country United Kingdom
Authors Taylor, Kevin
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