Principles of Tragedy
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. Various theories are examined, beginning with Aristotle and taking in t...
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. Various theories are examined, beginning with Aristotle and taking in t...
