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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... means to reach his Ideal , and Aristotle defended tragedy with the argument that it moves the audience closer to Universal Truth by showing things as they ought to be . Similarly , some Christians condemned all literature as irrelevant ...
... means to an end , either as a stimulus for audience response or as a means of revealing a higher cosmic value . Plato indirectly began speculation on the importance of the hero in tragedy when he objected that the tragic protagonist ...
... means of arousing emotion but retains other means . Poetry , like a metaphysical context , a noble hero , the protagonist's self- recognition , human freedom , fate , inexplicable suffering , or a score of other features , may ...
Contents
Preface | vii |
The Circle of Inquiry | 105 |
The Scope of Tragedy | 133 |
Copyright | |
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