Peter Szondis pathbreaking work is a succinct and elegant argument for distinguishing between a philosophy of the tragic and the poetics of tragedy espoused by Aristotle. The first of the books two pa
German literary critic Szondi (1929-71) explores theories of the tragic as contrasted with theories of tragedy by 12 European thinkers and poets from 1795 to 1915. The original Versuch uber das Tragi
Szondi (1929-71) wrote extensively about the theory of drama and literary hermeneutics, and was working on this study of contemporary French poet Paul Celan when he died. The volume of three essays wa
