Ideas and Forms of Tragedy from Aristotle to the Middle Ages
Author | : Henry Ansgar Kelly |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 1993-05-13 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780521431842 |
ISBN-13 | : 0521431840 |
Rating | : 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Download or read book Ideas and Forms of Tragedy from Aristotle to the Middle Ages written by Henry Ansgar Kelly and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993-05-13 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: H.A. Kelly explores meanings given to tragedy, from Aristotle's most basic notion (any serious story, even with a happy ending), via Roman ideas and practices, to the Middle Ages, when Averroes considered tragedy to be the praise of virtue, but Albert the