Shakespearean Tragedy is a dramatic genre within early modern English literature characterized by a narrative structure centered on the fall of a noble protagonist due to a combination of personal flaw, moral ambiguity, and external circumstances, distinct from classical or other Renaissance tragedies by its distinctive poetic form, psychological complexity, and thematic preoccupation with order, justice, and human agency.
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John Jowett, G. Blakemore Evans · The Modern Language Review · 1999 · 1.7K citations
Humanities, English, Literature +9
Politeness theory and Shakespeare's four major tragedies
Roger Brown, Albert Gilman · Language in Society · 1989 · 487 citations
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The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, United States
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2 publications
37 citations
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
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67 citations
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Fayetteville, United States
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Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
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University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
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Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
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University of Gloucestershire
Cheltenham, United Kingdom
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Université Paris Cité
Paris, France
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CRO · 51 publications · 2.3K citations
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- Shakespeare Quarterly
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- The Modern Language Review
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ESCJ · 14 publications · 1.1K citations
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- Comparative drama
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