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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... fail as a tragedy . If we seem to confuse bad tragedy and nontragedy , a bad play does cease being a tragedy at , the point at which it fails to produce a tragic response . Our perception of tragedy depends on both the form of the ...
... fails and Hamlet succeeds . Most plots pair the success of one character or group with the failure of another . In any genre , an audience may sympathize with either side or with both . For the sake of completion , plays usually resolve ...
... fails , confronts Paris and engages him in repartee , which demonstrates her control . At the tomb , Romeo addresses Paris as " boy " and warns him , " Good gentle youth , tempt not a desp'rate man " ( V , iii , 59 ) . The youth - man ...
Contents
Preface | vii |
The Circle of Inquiry | 105 |
The Scope of Tragedy | 133 |
Copyright | |
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