Tragedy and Tragic Theory: An Analytical Guide

by Richard H. Palmer

Comprehending tragedy has been a major philosophical and critical preoccupation in Western thought. Whether concerned with the generic problem of definition or with tragedy in the context of specific writers or periods, books with multiple and often conflicting perspectives abound. In an effort to bring order to the explanations over two millennia, Tragedy and Tragic Theory lucidly analyzes the principal ideas about tragedy from Plato to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031328203X
• ISBN13: 9780313282034
• Release Date: June 1992
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"