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Principles of Tragedy

Principles of Tragedy

Geoffrey Brereton

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2024
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Literatura: historia y crítica
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9781032253107
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What is tragedy? What does the term imply? The word had outgrown its original context of literature and art and acquired wider and looser meanings. Originally published in 1968, Dr Brereton seeks to establish the basis of a definition which will hold good on various planes and over a wide range of dramatic and other literature.

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