Tragic Theory and the Eighteenth-Century French Critics

Tragic Theory and the Eighteenth-Century French Critics

122 pp., 6 x 9, notes, bibl

  • Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8078-9068-4
    Published: January 1966

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Through an investigation of the literary doctrines and ideas of the chief critics of the eighteenth century, the author of this study traces the concept of tragic theory in a would-be age of neo-classicism. The innovational and revitalizing forces advocated for tragedy are stressed, but problems relating to subject matter, form, and rules within the genre are also covered.