Tragicomedy

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TRAGICOMEDY
Its Origin and Development in Italy, France, and England by Marvin T. Herrick
Tragicomedy, as the name implies, is a mixed drama utilizing both tragic and comic qualities. While it flourished little more than a hundred years in the theaters of Italy, France, and England, mainly during the second half of the sixteenth and the first half of the seventeenth centuries, the spirit of tragicomedy still lives. Tragicomedy, whether actually labeled such or not, always has been the backbone of the modern drama, which is a compromise between classical tradition and the modern way of life and a compromise between classical tragedy and classical comedy. " this survey of tragicomedy gives us a clear picture of the way in which the various critical ideas and practical efforts battled with each other in the sixteenth century and gradually came to agree in establishing a new and potent form on the stage." — Allardyce Nicoll, Review of English Studies. "Mr. Herrick's study, surely,... Tovább

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TRAGICOMEDY
Its Origin and Development in Italy, France, and England by Marvin T. Herrick
Tragicomedy, as the name implies, is a mixed drama utilizing both tragic and comic qualities. While it flourished little more than a hundred years in the theaters of Italy, France, and England, mainly during the second half of the sixteenth and the first half of the seventeenth centuries, the spirit of tragicomedy still lives. Tragicomedy, whether actually labeled such or not, always has been the backbone of the modern drama, which is a compromise between classical tradition and the modern way of life and a compromise between classical tragedy and classical comedy. " this survey of tragicomedy gives us a clear picture of the way in which the various critical ideas and practical efforts battled with each other in the sixteenth century and gradually came to agree in establishing a new and potent form on the stage." — Allardyce Nicoll, Review of English Studies. "Mr. Herrick's study, surely, is a definitive one. a lucid and valuable book. . . . Prodigious research has here produced not only a work of genuine scholarship but an interestingly readable volume as well." — Albert E. Johnson, The Quarterly Journal of Speech.
"His book will be found indispensable for anyone interested in comparative literature, the European theatre, or literary criticism." — Vernon Hall, Jr., Modern Language Notes. Marvin T. Herrick is professor of English at the University of Illinois. His other books include The Fusion of Horatian and Aristotelian Literary Criticism, 1531-1555, Comic Theory in the Sixteenth Century, and Italian Comedy in the Renaissance.
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