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... Greek tragedy and talks the language of people like F. M. Cornford . Here again our allusions to Camus come in handy . Everyone can still respond to the great religious and mythical motifs of Greek tragedy without being converted to a ...
... Greek tragedy and talks the language of people like F. M. Cornford . Here again our allusions to Camus come in handy . Everyone can still respond to the great religious and mythical motifs of Greek tragedy without being converted to a ...
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... Greek tragedy is comprehensible irrespective of whether we “ believe in " the Greek gods . It is so because it is not in fact concerned with truth about the gods but with truths about man . It is concerned with them in such a ...
... Greek tragedy is comprehensible irrespective of whether we “ believe in " the Greek gods . It is so because it is not in fact concerned with truth about the gods but with truths about man . It is concerned with them in such a ...
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... Greek tragedy with a novel like Moby Dick ; but what he says would apply equally to Shakespeare , and indeed he does later mention Macbeth . His conclusion is that Greek tragedy is in- escapably pessimistic : The pessimistic conclusion ...
... Greek tragedy with a novel like Moby Dick ; but what he says would apply equally to Shakespeare , and indeed he does later mention Macbeth . His conclusion is that Greek tragedy is in- escapably pessimistic : The pessimistic conclusion ...
Contents
Preface | 11 |
PART I | 28 |
HYATT H WAGGONER Point of View in Ameri | 47 |
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