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Aristotle’s <i>Poetics</i> of Purging

Aristotle’s Poetics of Purging

28. Aug, 2009 Comments Off

The two concepts “imitation” and “pity and fear” are at the heart of Aristotle’s Poetics.

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5th c BCE, Aesthetics, Ancient, Greek
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Some Views on Comedy

Some Views on Comedy

21. Jan, 2009 Comments Off

Comedy is poetry that transmutes a sad beginning into a happy ending.

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16th c, 17th c, 18th c, British, Comedy, Enlightenment, French, Renaissance, Vocabulary
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Some Views on Tragedy

Some Views on Tragedy

07. Nov, 1995 Comments Off

A tragedy must not be a spectacle of a perfectly good man brought from prosperity to adversity. For this merely shocks us.

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Ancient, British, Greek, Renaissance, Tragedy, Vocabulary
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