Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2012-01-29 Public domain in the USA. 73 Thorndike, Ashley Horace 1871 1933 Thorndike, Ashley H. 08015303 Tragedy Definitions -- The medieval and the classical influences -- The beginnings of tragedy -- Marlowe and his contemporaries -- Shakespeare and his contemporaries -- Shakespeare -- The later Elizabethans -- The Restoration -- The eighteenth century -- The romantic movement -- Conclusion -- Index. Produced by David Garcia, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. "Tragedy" by Ashley H. Thorndike is a scholarly examination of English tragedy as a literary genre written in the early 20th century. The work seeks to trace the evolution of English tragedy from its origins to the mid-19th century, highlighting its significance in the development of theater and literature, with a particular focus on influential playwrights such as Shakespeare and Marlowe. The book aims to address previously neglected periods of tragedy in the 18th and 19th centuries, positioning itself as a pioneering study in this area. The opening of "Tragedy" establishes the author's intention to explore the complexities of defining tragedy and its historical development. Thorndike begins by discussing the nature of tragedy, referencing key characteristics shared across various interpretations and time periods. He outlines how tragedy is distinguished from comedy and melodrama by its focus on the human experience of suffering, moral conflict, and the development of characters in crisis. Particularly noteworthy is Thorndike's acknowledgment of the influence of classical traditions on the modern understanding of tragedy, setting the stage for deeper exploration of specific playwrights and works in subsequent chapters. The opening serves as a thorough introduction to the study of tragedy, laying a foundation for the detailed analysis that follows. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en English drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism PR Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature 818428 818437 2024-09-16T10:04:56.074530 2023-09-17T05:07:34.207817 text/html text/html 788697 2021-01-08T12:36:33 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 287113 2021-01-08T12:36:33 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 355137 2024-09-16T10:05:13.678584 application/epub+zip 367030 2024-09-16T10:05:01.088529 application/epub+zip 345090 2024-09-16T10:04:58.411575 application/epub+zip 626453 2024-09-16T10:05:21.726575 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 554217 2024-09-16T10:05:10.317643 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 532494 2022-09-17T16:07:50.157759 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 664776 664670 2024-09-16T10:04:53.784583 2023-09-17T05:07:31.989792 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 664514 2021-01-08T12:36:33 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 246955 2021-01-08T12:36:33 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 664573 2021-01-08T12:36:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 246790 2021-01-08T12:36:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20071 2024-09-16T10:05:22.053453 application/rdf+xml 10416 2024-09-16T10:04:58.883539 image/jpeg 2864 2024-09-16T10:04:58.649597 image/jpeg 332468 2024-09-16T10:04:56.140531 application/octet-stream application/zip