Tragic Theory in the Critical Works of Thomas Rymer, John Dennis, and John DrydenFairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1975 - 143 páginas Clarifies the connection between these critics' theories and sections of the Poetics dealing with Aristotle's definition of poetry as imitation, his remarks on dramatic necessity, probability, and unity, and his comments on characterization and catharsis. |
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... human life unencumbered by the accidents that obscure our vision as we en- gage in living . Mimesis , a process distinct from any other and re- lating only to the arts having an aesthetic end , supplies something different from what ...
... human life unencumbered by the accidents that obscure our vision as we en- gage in living . Mimesis , a process distinct from any other and re- lating only to the arts having an aesthetic end , supplies something different from what ...
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... human beings in general . They must be probable : what a dramatic figure says or does must be the logical outcome of his character . The events in which he becomes involved must , in the same way , issue from character , and these ...
... human beings in general . They must be probable : what a dramatic figure says or does must be the logical outcome of his character . The events in which he becomes involved must , in the same way , issue from character , and these ...
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... human beings indicates his inattention to Aristotle's remarks on " plausible impossibilities " in plot and " consistently inconsistent " characters . As a result , he is insensitive to the ambiguities in human behavior that can only be ...
... human beings indicates his inattention to Aristotle's remarks on " plausible impossibilities " in plot and " consistently inconsistent " characters . As a result , he is insensitive to the ambiguities in human behavior that can only be ...
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Acknowledgments | 7 |
The Context of Seventeenth and Early | 13 |
Conclusion | 129 |
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Tragic Theory in the Critical Works of Thomas Rymer, John Dennis, and John ... Joan C. Grace Visualização de excertos - 1975 |
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according action actual ancients approach Aristotelian Aristotle Aristotle's audience believes century characters chorus classical common sense concept concerned consequently considered consistent contrast criticism decorum demonstrate Dennis Dennis's Dramatic Poesy dramatist Dryden effect Elizabethan emotional English epic Essay of Dramatic established example experience expression fable fact faults fear feeling formalist French genius give Greek Greek tragedy hero human ideal ideas imagination imitation influence insists interpretation John Dryden judgment kind Last Age later literary maintains manners means method mind moral moved nature notes objects Othello particularly passions pity play pleasure plot poet poetic justice poetry points present principles probability psychological rational realized reason reference reflects regard relation represented respect response result rules Rymer says seventeenth Shakespeare stage standards suggests supported theory Thomas thought tion tradition tragedy tragic true unity University University Press whole writing York
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