 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...  Schelling Anniversary Papers - Page 151by Schelling anniversary papers - 1923 - 341 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1908 - 710 pages
...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 and of a certain magnitude ; in language embellished with each kind of artistic ornament, the several kinds being found in the separate... | |
 | 1921 - 558 pages
...different field. In Butcher's rendering (somewhat abbreviated), tragedy, according to Aristotle, is — "an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude; in language embellished with .... artistic ornament . . . . ; in the form of action, not of narration... | |
 | 1926 - 550 pages
...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, and of a certain magnitude, in language embellished with each kind of artistic ornament, the several kinds being found in separate... | |
 | 1908 - 384 pages
...Corneille's interpretation of Aristotle's definition of Tragedy. That definition is : "Tragedy is the 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... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1894 - 624 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...with each kind of artistic ornament, the several kinds being found in separate parts of the play ; in the form of action, not of narrative ; through pity and fear effecting the proper purgation of these emotions. By 3 'language embellished,' I mean language into which rhythm, ' harmony,' and song... | |
 | 1898 - 584 pages
...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, and of a certain magnitude ; in language embellished with each kind of artistic ornament, the several kinds being found in separate... | |
 | John Dryden - 1898 - 232 pages
...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, and of a certain magnitude; in language embellished with every kind of artistic ornament, the several kinds being found in different... | |
 | Joel Elias Spingarn - 1899 - 354 pages
...tragedy is the basis of the Renaissancejtheory of tragedy. That definition is as follows : " Tragedy. is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude ; in language" em'bellished with each kind of artistic ornament, the several kinds being found in separate... | |
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