Tragedy: a view of life. - Myers, Henry Alonzo (Cornell University Press, 1956)
The tragic attitude toward value -- Aristotle's study of tragedy -- The tragic meaning of Moby Dick -- Whitman's consistency -- Macbeth and The Iceman Cometh: equivalence and ambivalence in tragedy -- Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream: tragedy and comedy -- Heroes and the way of compromise -- The tragic spirit in modern times -- Tragic poetry and science -- Literature, science, and democracy.
Keywords: Tragic, The.; Tragedy.