tragedy
Introduction
collision of equally justified ethical aims.
See also drama, Western; comedy.
Sections in this article:
- Introduction
- Ancient Tragedies
- Renaissance and Later Tragedy
- Moral, Domestic, and Political Tragedy
- Twentieth-Century Tragedy
- Bibliography
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