The Splintered Stage: The Decline of the American TheaterA critical appraisal of postwar drama from O'Neill to Albee, indicating that our contemporary playwrights have an extremely narrow view of life. |
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... Aeschylus ' famous trilogy . Thus any definition based on this factor alone must be considered inadequate . Hegel defined tragedy as drama in which the " ethical substance " of the hero is split by a double loyalty and therefore brought ...
... Aeschylus ' famous trilogy . Thus any definition based on this factor alone must be considered inadequate . Hegel defined tragedy as drama in which the " ethical substance " of the hero is split by a double loyalty and therefore brought ...
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... the other hand , Greek and Christian concepts of universal law are sufficiently compatible to make the great tragedies of Aeschylus and Sophocles significant to any contemporary theatergoer who genu- inely tries to Tragedy / 37.
... the other hand , Greek and Christian concepts of universal law are sufficiently compatible to make the great tragedies of Aeschylus and Sophocles significant to any contemporary theatergoer who genu- inely tries to Tragedy / 37.
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... Aeschylus , the Law is simpler : it is moral law . Punishment follows Hybris as the night the day . It was because of this firm faith in Law that Whitehead called the Greek tragic poets , rather than the early Greek philosophers , the ...
... Aeschylus , the Law is simpler : it is moral law . Punishment follows Hybris as the night the day . It was because of this firm faith in Law that Whitehead called the Greek tragic poets , rather than the early Greek philosophers , the ...
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