UID:
almafu_9960119849402883
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1 online resource (xvii, 257 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
0-511-83373-3
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0-511-47033-9
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 18
Content:
'Tragedy' has been understood in a variety of conflicting ways over the centuries, and the term has been applied to a wide range of literary works. In this book, H. A. Kelly explores the various 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 Great thought of it as the recitation of the foul deeds of degenerate men. Professor Kelly demonstrates the importance of finding out what writers like Horace, Ovid, Dante and Chaucer meant by the term, and how they used it as a tool of interpretation and composition. Referring to a wealth of texts, he shows that many modern analyses of ancient and medieval concepts and works are oversimplified and often result in serious misinterpretations. The book ends with surveys of works designated as tragedies in England, France, Italy and Spain.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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1. Greek and Roman poetics. (1). Aristotle on the tragic in general. (2). The Roman tradition2. Modes and subjects of Roman tragedy. (1). Ways of performing tragedy. (2). Tragedies read, tragedies lived. (3). Rash generalizations of tragic themes3. Early medieval clues and conjectures. (1). Isidore of Seville. (2). Remigius and Remigians. (3). Non-Remigians, Senecans, Horatians, and later Isidorians. (4). Papias the protolexicographer4. The twelfth-century scene. (1). William of Conches and the commentaries on Boethius. (2). Metaphorical tragedy. (3). Tragic style and new tragedies. (4). Continuing tradition: the lexicographers5. The high Middle Ages: discoveries and oblivions. (1). Aristotle: a lost opportunity. (2). Nicholas Trevet on Boethius and Seneca. (3). Seneca at Padua. (4). Dante and his commentators. (5). Boethius in French6. Final variations. (1). England: Chaucer and the future. (2). Laments in France. (3). Italian Latinists. (4). Theory and practice in Spain
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-02377-7
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-43184-0
Language:
English
URL:
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511470332
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