Kingdom of Disorder: The Theory of Tragedy in Classical FrancePurdue University Press, 1999 - 251 pages In this revisionist study of the poetics of tragedy during the French classical age, John Lyons challenges prevailing notions of a coherent, unified, and widely accepted classical doctrine. |
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Articulating the Aesthetic 1 Regular Theater | 1 |
Taking Aristotle Apart | 3 |
Multiplication Conflict and Inflation | 9 |
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