102 Pages
by
Routledge
102 Pages
by
Routledge
104 Pages
by
Routledge
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Professor Leech considers the significance of the term ‘Tragedy’ as it has been used from classical times to the present day. He gives examples of tragic writing from a wide variety of dramatic literatures and relates theoretical writings on tragedy and the tragedies that have been contemporaneous with them. Free reference is made to critics from Aristotle to these of the present. Special stress... Read more
PREFATORY NOTE 1 Some Definitions and Observations 2 Tragedy in Practice and in Theory 3 The Tragic Hero 4 Cleansing? or Sacrifice? 5 The Sense of Balance 6 Peripeteia, Anagnorisis, Suffering 7 The Chorus and the Unities 8 The Sense of Overdoing It SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEX
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Clifford Leech
