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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... comedy and tragedy by the degree to which each depicts the split between phenomena and noumena . Tragedy shows " the ... Comedy , Schlegel went on to explain , involves a " forgetfulness " of this universal measure with an accompanying ...
... comedy says , ' even in the non probable does the predictable take place , ' tragedy says , ' even in the probable , the wonderful is manifest ' ( p . 44 ) . Comedy , therefore , depicts the superficially wonderful as probable while ...
... comedy , and fantasy functions more on the side of attraction . Later , we will discuss in some detail the subcategories within tragedy . Comedy and Romance The word pleasure describes the attraction of comedy and romance much more ...
Contents
Preface | vii |
The Circle of Inquiry | 105 |
The Scope of Tragedy | 133 |
Copyright | |
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