 Tragedy, then, is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude; in language embellished with each kind of artistic ornament, the several kinds being found in separate parts of the play; in the form of action, not of...  The Psychology of Beauty - Էջ 232Ethel Puffer Howes - 1905 - 286 էջԱմբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | 1908 - 710 էջ
...those parts which have been lost. What we have is found in the Poetics, Book VI, chapter 2. " Tragedy is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete...artistic ornament, the several kinds being found in the separate parts of the play ; (/. e. verse without music in the dialogue, lyrical song in the chorus)... | |
 | 1926 - 550 էջ
...Aristotle's classic definition of tragedy. "Tragedy," he says in the sixth chapter of the Poetics, "is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete,...effecting the proper purgation of these emotions." Let us first pause over the phrase "Tragedy is an imitation of an action," for in an understanding... | |
 | 1921 - 558 էջ
...a different field. In Butcher's rendering (somewhat abbreviated), tragedy, according to Aristotle, is — "an imitation of an action that is serious,...a certain magnitude; in language embellished with .... artistic ornament . . . . ; in the form of action, not of narration ; through pity and fear effecting... | |
 | 1908 - 384 էջ
...Corneille's interpretation of Aristotle's definition of Tragedy. That definition is : "Tragedy is the imitation of an action that is serious, complete,...narrative; through pity and fear effecting the proper kddapatz, or purgation, of these emotions." mental principles of human nature, and in this way he is... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1894 - 624 էջ
...established canons—and fully satisfies Aristotle's summarised definition of tragedy as the ' representation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude.' The piece is an organic whole, exhibiting the tragic conflict of interest and motive, in the collision... | |
 | Samuel Henry Butcher - 1895 - 418 էջ
...Pottryl A CHAPTER VI THE FUNCTION OF TRAGEDY ARISTOTLE'S definition of tragedy1 runs thus : — ' Tragedy is an imitation of an action that is . serious, complete, and of a- certain magnitude; in guage embellished with each kind of artistic ament, the several kinds being found in separate parts... | |
 | Aristotle - 1898 - 144 էջ
...as resulting from what has been already said. Tragedy, then, is an imitation of an action that is 2 serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude ; in...effecting the proper purgation of these emotions. By 3 'language embellished,' I mean language into which rhythm, ' harmony,' and song enter. By ' the... | |
 | 1898 - 584 էջ
...written — a phrase in his definition of tragedy.* We quote Mr. Butcher's translation : — ' Tragedy is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete,...; in the form of action, not of narrative, through pily and fear ejecting the proper Katharsis, or purgation of these emotions ' (Si eXeov KO.I <f>6(3ov... | |
 | Samuel Henry Butcher, Aristotle - 1898 - 454 էջ
...as resulting from what has been already said. Tragedy, then, is an imitation of an action that is 2 serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude ; in...artistic ornament, the several kinds being found in separateparts of ¿he play ; in the form of action,not of narratrrej through pity and fear effecting... | |
 | John Dryden - 1898 - 232 էջ
...essential to the tragic hero. The function of tragedy is stated in the famous definition (vi. 2) : "Tragedy is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete,...a certain magnitude; in language embellished with every kind of artistic ornament, the several kinds being found in different parts of the play; in the... | |
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