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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... Functions of Tragedy . A major motif in twentieth - century tragic theory is the idea that tragedy embodies patterns ... function of the mind shared by all members of one culture , with these archetypes con- structed of the " psychic ...
... function of poetry to be a mixture of enchantment and instruction ; however , his utile dulci put what Lucretius ... functions for art , and Christianity adopted both their insistence on didacticism and their pes- simistic view of life ...
... function directly , psychically ; we answer with a response , not with a non - involved , cold judgment " ( p . 176 ) . In Tragedy : Shakespeare and the Greek Example ( 1987 ) , Adrian Poole was even more specific : " Tragedy is founded ...
Contents
Preface | vii |
The Circle of Inquiry | 105 |
The Scope of Tragedy | 133 |
Copyright | |
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