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Tragedy: a view of life

Title
Tragedy: a view of life / by Henry Alonzo Myers.
Author
Myers, Henry Alonzo, 1906-1955.
Publication
Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 1956.

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Description
210 pages; 23 cm
Series Statement
Cornell paperbacks ; CP-7
Uniform Title
Cornell paperbacks ; CP-7.
Subject
  • Tragedy
  • Tragic, The
  • tragedies
  • tragedy (general genre)
  • Tragedy
  • Tragic, The
Genre/Form
  • tragedies.
  • Tragedies (Drama)
  • Tragedies.
  • Tragédies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The tragic attitude toward value -- Aristotle's study of tragedy -- The tragic meaning of Moby Dick -- Whitman's consistency -- Macbeth and The Iceman Cometh: equivalence and ambivalence in tragedy -- Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream: tragedy and comedy -- Heroes and the way of compromise -- The tragic spirit in modern times -- Tragic poetry and science -- Literature, science, and democracy.
LCCN
56058102
OCLC
  • ocm02654056
  • 2654056
  • SCSB-229281
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library