Origin of Tragedy 1910
, by Ridgeway, WilliamNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780766162211 | 0766162214
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 6/1/2003
1910. With special reference to the Greek tragedians. The general theory advanced within this work, that tragedy originated in the worship of the dead, was first put forward in a lecture before the Society for the promotion of Hellenic Studies in 1904. Contents: origin of tragedy; rise of Attic tragedy; primitive drama among Asiatic peoples; survivals of the primitive type in extant Greek tragedies; expansion of tragedy. Illustrated.