The Origin of Tragedy

William Ridgeway, Sir

Format
Paperback
Publisher
Kessinger Publishing
Country
United States
Published
10 September 2010
Pages
238
ISBN
9781162609447

The Origin of Tragedy

William Ridgeway, Sir

  1. With special reference to the Greek tragedians. The general theory advanced within this work, that tragedy originated in the worship of the dead, was first put forward in a lecture before the Society for the promotion of Hellenic Studies in 1904. Contents: origin of tragedy; rise of Attic tragedy; primitive drama among Asiatic peoples; survivals of the primitive type in extant Greek tragedies; expansion of tragedy. Illustrated.

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