Tragedy and Tragic Theory: An Analytical GuideComprehending tragedy has been a major philosophical and critical preoccupation in Western thought. Whether concerned with the generic problem of definition or with tragedy in the context of specific writers or periods, books with multiple and often conflicting perspectives abound. In an effort to bring order to the explanations over two millennia, Tragedy and Tragic Theory lucidly analyzes the principal ideas about tragedy from Plato to the present. |
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... acceptance of the fundamental illusion of acting . Successful com- edy , for instance , clearly depends on ... accepted features . In the second category are words like green , which we assume to describe external reality while ...
... accepted the duel between cosmic and personal wills but reversed Idealistic values so that human will expresses the greater good . The second presented the external force as purely evil . The third reduced any framework external to the ...
... accepted , however , this view of tragedy can admit almost any impulse so long as the essential equilibrium is maintained , Richards asserted . As a working definition , Richards's theory is simultaneously too broad and too narrow . It ...
Contents
Preface | vii |
The Circle of Inquiry | 105 |
The Scope of Tragedy | 133 |
Copyright | |
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