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Page 158
... Greek tragedy is its " high seriousness . " The word " tragic " connotes some- thing dignified , noble , fateful , and lofty , because the occasion for Greek tragedy brought out all these qualities . A performance of a Greek tragedy was ...
... Greek tragedy is its " high seriousness . " The word " tragic " connotes some- thing dignified , noble , fateful , and lofty , because the occasion for Greek tragedy brought out all these qualities . A performance of a Greek tragedy was ...
Page 160
... tragedy , according to Aristotle , is an emotional experi- ence which leaves a man psychologically healthier . It is this power of katharsis which differentiates Greek tragedy from melodrama and sentimental drama . In melodrama dramatic ...
... tragedy , according to Aristotle , is an emotional experi- ence which leaves a man psychologically healthier . It is this power of katharsis which differentiates Greek tragedy from melodrama and sentimental drama . In melodrama dramatic ...
Page 164
... Greek trage- dies . A Greek tragedy , then , begins near the end of an ac- tion , at the moment when something terrible is about to happen to one or more of a small group of characters . Exposition is handled retrospectively ; important ...
... Greek trage- dies . A Greek tragedy , then , begins near the end of an ac- tion , at the moment when something terrible is about to happen to one or more of a small group of characters . Exposition is handled retrospectively ; important ...
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action Æschylus audience ballad beauty Ben Jonson characters charm classic climax comedy complete criticism Darcy death developed dominance drama dramatic literature dramatist Edipus eighteenth century Elizabeth Elizabethan emotional English literature epic essay essayist experience exposition expression fate feel fiction George Eliot Greek tragedy Hamlet heroic heroic couplet human Iago iambic iambic pentameter ideas illusion imaginative important incident influence intense interest King literary lives lyric lyrical poetry Matthew Arnold Milton mind modern narrative neo-classic never novel novelist Othello Pater pattern period play plot poem poet poetic poetry popular present Pride and Prejudice prose reader Renaissance rhyme rhythm romance satire scene sense Shakespeare social sometimes song sonnet soul speech spirit stage stanza story structure student style sweet Tale Tartuffe thee theme thou thought tion trimeter unity verse vivid Walter Pater women words writers
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Catalogue of the Lamont Library, Harvard College Harvard University. Library. Lamont Library,Lamont Library No preview available - 1953 |