Principles of tragedy
Subtitle: a rational examination of the tragic concept in life and literature
Publisher: University of Miami Press
Published: 1968
Place of publication: Coral Gables, Fla
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
Subjects: The Tragic; Tragedy; History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: [1.]; title: Tragedy in theory:; title: The notion of tragedy --; title: The legacy of Aristotle --; title: Tragedy and religion --; title: The tragic sense of life -- -- [2.]; title: Tragedy in practice:; title: Some classic tragedies: Oedipus, Hamlet, Macbeth, Phèdre --; title: Some constants of dramatic tragedy --; title: An anti-tragedy: Candide -- -- [3.]; title: The duality conflict:; title: Two worlds or one?: Neoplatonism, Pascal --; title: Imagination enthroned: Blake and romanticism --; title: Imagination dethroned: Ibsen, Chekhov -- -- [4.]; title: Twentieth-century positions:; title: Claudel: Partage de Midi --; title: Beckett: Waiting for Godot --; title: Consequences.