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Defining Tragedy

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What is Tragedy?
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First dialogue between Oliver Taplin and Joshua Billings on tragedy: they discuss what 'tragedy' means, from its origins in Greek culture to philosophical notions of what tragedy and tragic drama are.

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Series
What is Tragedy?
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Oliver Taplin
Joshua Billings
Keywords
aesthetics
Euripides
theatre
philosophy
Sophocles
drama
#greatwriters
shakespeare
aristotle
tragedy
greek literature
Department: Faculty of Classics
Date Added: 01/03/2010
Duration: 00:14:23

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