The Construction of TragedyNational Literary Guild, 1984 - 187 pages |
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... Aristotle . It is to be noted however that because of the nature of this book which deals primarily with the structural aspect only of Aristotle's Poetics , annotated references to these books will not be found . W.D. Ross edited The ...
... Aristotle . It is to be noted however that because of the nature of this book which deals primarily with the structural aspect only of Aristotle's Poetics , annotated references to these books will not be found . W.D. Ross edited The ...
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... Aristotle himself says . Gerald F. Else Aristotle's Poetics : The Argument This particular method of analysis begins with two as- sumptions . The first is that the plot of a tragedy concerns struc- ture while character does not and so ...
... Aristotle himself says . Gerald F. Else Aristotle's Poetics : The Argument This particular method of analysis begins with two as- sumptions . The first is that the plot of a tragedy concerns struc- ture while character does not and so ...
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... Aristotle who has something to say about mists and clouds : " The opinion of Aristotle is that mists are an exhalation of the earth whereas clouds— . " It is Norfolk who dismisses a possible third path when he says , " I've never found ...
... Aristotle who has something to say about mists and clouds : " The opinion of Aristotle is that mists are an exhalation of the earth whereas clouds— . " It is Norfolk who dismisses a possible third path when he says , " I've never found ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Metaphysics of Tragic Construction | 9 |
The Method of Analysis | 15 |
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