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Tragedy

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States21L.422
Free, no sign-up neededFall 2002English
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“Tragedy” is a name originally applied to a particular kind of dramatic art and subsequently to other literary forms; it has also been applied to particular events, often implying thereby a particular view of life. Throughout the history of Western literature it has sustained this double reference. Uniquely and insistently, the realm of the tragic encompasses both literature and life.

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