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Tragedy

Tragedy is a dramatic genre within literary studies characterized by the portrayal of serious actions culminating in irreversible loss or suffering, thereby distinguishing it from comedy and other narrative forms through its focus on human vulnerability and moral complexity.

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1.5K

Authors

540

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2017–2026

116

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Publications

1.1K

The Origin of German Tragic Drama

Don Callen, Walter Benjamín · Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism · 1978 · 1.1K citations

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The Origin of German Tragic Drama

Robert J. Alexander, Walter Benjamín, John Osborne · German Studies Review · 1978 · 903 citations

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Cooperation Through Image Scoring in Humans

Claus Wedekind, Manfred Milinski · Science · 2000 · 889 citations

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Towards an Affirmation Model of Disability

John Swain, Sally French · Disability & Society · 2000 · 699 citations

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When things fell apart: state failure in late-century Africa

Choice Reviews Online · 2008 · 521 citations

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    Marvin T. Herrick

    University of Illinois System, United States

    4 publications · 281 citations

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  2. JK
    John Kerrigan

    Barrow Neurological Institute, United States

    4 publications · 292 citations

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  3. CS
    Charles Segal

    John Brown University, United States

    4 publications · 607 citations

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  4. AP
    A. Peter McGraw

    University of Colorado Boulder, United States

    4 publications · 498 citations

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    Johanna Hanink

    John Brown University, United States

    3 publications · 100 citations

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Institutions

540

  1. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    668 citations

  2. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    580 citations

  3. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    201 citations

  4. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    367 citations

  5. University of Exeter

    Exeter, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    542 citations

  6. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    548 citations

  7. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    131 citations

  8. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    989 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 104 publications · 6.2K citations

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  2. The Modern Language Review

    29 publications · 1.2K citations

    20

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  3. Shakespeare Quarterly

    31 publications · 1.2K citations

    19

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  4. PubMed

    Repository · 18 publications · 704 citations

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