Tragic themes in Western literature
By: seven essays by Bernard Knox [and others] Edited with an introd. by Cleanth Brooks.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1955
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng; ger
Number of pages: 178
Subjects: Tragedy; Drama -- History and criticism; Drama -- Themes, motives
Description: These seven essays by leading scholars and critics examine tragic themes in Western literature. They identify the qualities that give each work under discussion its distinctive characters and seek to reveal the ultimate human unity which underlies all great tragedies. - from the back cover.
Notes: Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 177-178)