The Death of Tragedy

"This book is important—and portentous—for if it is true that tragedy is dead, we face a vital cultural loss. The book is bound to start controversy. The very passion and insight with which he writes about the tragedies that have moved him prove that the vision still lives and that words can still enlighten and reveal."—R.B. Sewall, New York Times Book Review

"A remarkable achievement. The knowledge is marshalled here with the skill and authority of a great general, and from it a large strategic argument emerges with clarity and force. A brilliantly thoughtful and eloquent book which deserves to be read with the greatest attention and respect."—Philip Toynbee, The Observer

"As brilliant, thorough, and concerned a contemplation of the nature of dramatic art as has appeared in many years."—Richard Gilman, Commonweal

"A rich and illuminating study, full of intelligence and sensibility."—Times Literary Supplement (London)

"His merits are shining and full of the capacity to give both delight and illumination. His style is throughout vigorous, sensitive, and altogether worthy of its subject."—Harold Hobson, Christian Science Monitor

"Immensely useful and [a book] to be reckoned with by everyone working in this field."—Raymond Williams, The Guardian

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