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Moral Tragedy

Moral Tragedy is a dramatic genre within French classical theatre that belongs to the broader category of tragedy, distinguished by its focus on ethical conflicts and the protagonists' internal struggles between duty and desire, often culminating in suffering or death as a consequence of moral choice.

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2017–2026

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Television and the Drama of Crime: Moral Tales and the Place of Crime in Public Life.

Richard V. Ericson, Richard Sparks · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1993 · 166 citations

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Friedrich Nietzsche: a philosophical biography

Choice Reviews Online · 2010 · 105 citations · Full text

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The Moral Vision of Jacobean Tragedy

Clifford Leech, Robert Ornstein · The Modern Language Review · 1961 · 93 citations

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Tragic Theory and the Eighteenth-Century French Critics

David Williams, James H. Davis · The Modern Language Review · 1969 · 87 citations

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The Moral Tale in France and Germany: 1750-1789

Anthony Krupp, Katherine Astbury · The German Quarterly · 2003 · 87 citations

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Authors

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  1. KA
    Katherine Astbury

    University of Warwick, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 99 citations

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  2. CL
    Clifford Leech

    Délégation Paris 6, France

    2 publications · 135 citations

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  3. RS
    Richard Sparks

    Keele University, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 166 citations

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  4. TJ
    Timothy J. Hodgson

    The University of Queensland, Australia

    1 publications · 68 citations

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  5. JE
    Jean E. Howard

    Stanford University, United States

    1 publications · 12 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Boston University

    Boston, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    26 citations

  2. La Trobe University

    Melbourne, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    68 citations

  3. UNSW Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    68 citations

  4. University of Warwick

    Coventry, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  5. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    68 citations

  6. Aarhus University

    Aarhus, Denmark

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  7. Memorial University of Newfoundland

    St. John's, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  8. University of Twente

    Enschede, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    37 citations

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  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 5 publications · 201 citations

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  2. The Modern Language Review

    4 publications · 280 citations

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  4. Political Studies

    1 publications · 26 citations

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