| Description |
ix, 279 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (pages 247-271). |
| Contents |
Preliminary remarks -- The scheme of tragedy -- The tragic hero -- The human and the cosmic: Sophocles' Oedipus Rex -- Border cases: Ibsen's A doll's house, Hedda Gabler, The wild duck, The master builder -- Tragic and comic: Chekhov's The seagull and The cherry orchard -- Tragic and satiric: Middleton's Women beware women -- Tragic and heroic: Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra -- Imperfect criteria: Aristotle's "Diction", A passage in Antony and Cleopatra, Other elements of tragedy, Religious tragedy -- Index. |
| Subject |
Tragedy -- History and criticism.
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| ISBN |
0300011628 |
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9780300011623 |
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