tragic+drama
101Die toten Augen — Eugen d Albert …
102aesthetics — The study of the feelings, concepts, and judgements arising from our appreciation of the arts or of the wider class of objects considered moving, or beautiful, or sublime. Aesthetic theory concerns itself with questions such as: what is a work of …
103Hegel, spirit, and politics — Leo Rauch Hegel’s impact on political thought has been immense giving shape to the major political movements of the modern world. Yet the person of average education is hardly familiar with the name, which is usually identified with a small… …
104Pollack, Sydney — (1934– ) Sydney Pollack was born on July 1, 1934, in Lafayette, Indiana, near South Bend, where he was educated. He graduated from high school in 1952 and moved to New York, where he studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the… …
105PARIS — 1) (2,448), the capital of France, in the centre of the northern half of the country, on both banks of the Seine, and on two islands (La Cité and St. Louis) in the middle, 110 m. from the sea; is the largest city on the Continent, and one of… …
106catharsis — (kah THAHR siss) [Greek: a cleaning out; a purification] The feeling of relief and satisfaction that comes with the resolution of any deeply felt period of stress and change. Aristotle called catharsis the principal experience to be sought in… …
107the buskin — the style or spirit of tragic drama. → buskin …
108buskin — n. 1. Half boot (especially one with high soles, worn by the ancient tragedians). 2. Tragedy, tragic drama …
109buskin — bus•kin [[t]ˈbʌs kɪn[/t]] n. 1) clo a thick soled, laced boot or half boot 2) anq clo sbz Also called cothurnus 2) the high, thick soled shoe worn by ancient Greek and Roman tragedians. 3) sbz tragic drama; tragedy Compare sock I, 3) • Etymology …
110buskin — [bus′kin] n. [< ? OFr broissequin < MDu brosekin, small leather boot] 1. a boot reaching to the calf or knee, worn in earlier times; esp., the high, thick soled, laced boot worn by actors in ancient Greek and Roman tragedy 2. tragic drama;… …
