Tragedy by Clifford Leech
First published in 1969, this work examines the genre of Tragedy from its origins in ancient Greece, to the modern day. Beginning with an overview of the meaning of tragedy in Europe through the ages, it goes on to explore common aspects of tragedies such as the tragic hero, the chorus and unities, catharsis, peripeteia, anagnorisis and suffering.
This book will be of interest to anyone studying European drama and literature.
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The Epic
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Primitivism
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The Ballad
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Drama & the Dramatic
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Realism
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Modern Verse Drama
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Myth
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Romanticism
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The Stanza
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Naturalism
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Satire
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Comedy of Manners
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The Grotesque
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The Romance
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Symbolism
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Melodrama
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Biography
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Allegory
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Expressionism
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Comedy
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Fancy & Imagination
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The Absurd
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Rhetoric
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The Ode
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Metre, Rhyme and Free Verse
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Pastoral
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Metaphor
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Burlesque
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The Sonnet
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Classicism
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Aestheticism
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Dada & Surrealism
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The Picaresque
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Plot
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Irony and the Ironic
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The Short Story
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781138241619 |
| ISBN 10 | 113824161X |
| Title | Tragedy |
| Author | Clifford Leech |
| Series | The Critical Idiom Reissued |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 2019-01-17 |
| Number of pages | 102 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |