Comedy in a New Mood

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SOMBRE COMEDY: COMEDY IN A NEW MOOD

A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS

for the degree

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Field of English

By PAUL H. GRAWE

Evanston, Illinois June, 1971

Contents

Chapter

1.                The Nature of the Problem

2.                George Meredith:  Bridge from Classical to Modern

3.                Henri Bergson:  The Vitalistic Theory

4.                The Psychological Theorists

5.                Susanne Langer:  The Vitalistic Theory Revised

6.                J. L. Styan:  Conservative Theorists Amidst Radical Drama

7.                Cyrus Hoy:  A Formal Theory of Sombre Comedy

8.                Karl Guthke:  The Historical Tradition and Sombre Comedy

9.                The Metaphysical Implications of Sombre Comedy

10.           Comedy and Sombre Comedy

11.           The Domain of Sombre Comedy

12.           The Conventions and Techniques of Sombre Comedy

13.           A Case in Point:  The Cherry Orchard

Footnotes

A Critical Bibliography

A Dramatic Bibliography

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