10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TRAGICOMICAL»
Discover the use of
tragicomical in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
tragicomical and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Once Upon an Election: A
Tragicomical Theater Play
A theater play in a style of Tragicomedy. Political satire with poetry, romance and philosophical monologues. Written in the early 2000s, it is still relevant and appeals to a casual and sophisticated reader as well.
D. J. Wizard, Oksana Yurovsky, 2012
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The new encyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary ofarts and ...
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TRAGICOMICAL, adj. [tragicomique, Fr. tragical and comical.] i. Relating to tragi-
comt- djr. — The art of the tragi-comical farce lies in interweaving the several kin.
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1807
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The Earl of Mar marr'd; with the Humours of Jockey, the ...
John PHILIPS (Dramatist.) and so, Sir, there is your Fee (giving Money) which I
give just as a Patient does his to the Phyfician, who is lo complaisant as to tell
him he'll certainly die. t PVZ. The Devil take it, I wish we had not come to this
Fellow, ...
John PHILIPS (Dramatist.), 1716
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Universal dictionary of the English language: a new and ...
Pertaining to tragicomedy ; partaking of the nature both of tragedy and comedy. "
The whole art of toe tragicomical Interweaving the teveral klndi of the th »' Jim I
efye eatt It. •trafe-I-c6m'-Io-al-l^, a. [Eng. tragicomical; -ly.] In a tragicomical
manner ...
Robert Hunter, Charles Morris, 1898
5
News from Madrid the Spanish Beauty: Or, the
Tragicomical ...
In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind.
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Borderlines: Genders and Identities in War and Peace, 1870-1930
"The Tragicomical Capture of a German officer or the Cowardice of the Germans,"
kind permission of the Hoover Institution on War, Peace and Revolution, Stanford
University. Figure 10. "Parade." Kind permission of the Hoover Institution.
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Spanish Studies in Shakespeare and His Contemporaries
Jacqueline Pearson's general argument is acceptable in the sense that
Elizabethan tragedy is not strictly the kind represented by the classical Greek
type, being, as it is, colored by satirical and tragicomical elements, I think that she
goes too ...
Josc) Manuel Gonzc!lez De Sevilla, 2006
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The Encyclopaedic Dictionary: A New & Original Work of ...
The whole art of the tragicomical force lies in interweaving the several kinds of
the drama," — Oay : What dye call It. * trafe-I-cftm'-Ic-al-ly, a. [Eng. tragicomical; -
ly.] In a tragicomical manner. " Laws i.i i Pindarick parents matter'd not, So I was ...
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International Encyclopædic Dictionary: A New Original and ...
The whole Art of th* tragicomical farce Ilea In Inter wearing the eeveml kinds of
the drama," — Oay : What J y* ••nil It. •trag-i-COm -Ic-al-ly\ a. [Eng. tragicomical; -
Iff.] In a tragicomical manner. " Lawn my Pindaric k parents matter'd not. So I wu ...
Robert Hunter, Charles Morris, 1897
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The Encyclopædic Dictionary: A New and Original Work of ...
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the drama."— Uny: IT hat ,t f .-K,'; if. ?, a. [Eng. tragicomical; -'</.] In a tragicomical
manner. " LAWS my rhul sri- k parent* matter'*.! not. 80 I wa» trafficoini&illf KoL" ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TRAGICOMICAL»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
tragicomical is used in the context of the following news items.
World premieres in Romanian Days at Transilvania IFF
Tragicomical and inhabited by memorable characters, the film tells the story of Dan Bondoc, a 78 year old man who cannot let go of the hobby of a lifetime: chess ... «Film New Europe, May 15»
Critic's pick: Oscar-nominated 'Wild Tales' conjures revenge fantasies
Writer-director Damian Szifron conjures up six revenge fantasies in the tragicomical extravaganza from Argentina that earned a foreign-language Oscar ... «Los Angeles Times, Mar 15»
Alexey Shved hits circus shot by hucking the ball at the rim
Alexey Shved is a tragicomical part of Phil Jackson's plot to destroy the Knicks. He's often wild and out of control, and on Sunday night against the Suns, ... «SportingNews.com, Mar 15»
Musée départemental d'art contemporain de Rochechouart
Tomaž Furlan's still unfolding “Wear Series” is full of absurd standardized objects and repetitive workplace gestures that he explores in tragicomical manner. «E-Flux, Mar 15»
Still Life — film review
Only once is Pasolini's tragicomical pudding over-egged, or over-sugared. Did we really need all those ghostly visions closing in sentimentally at the close? «Financial Times, Feb 15»
The Good Eye: Of Russians and Ruffles: Chekhov looks surprisingly …
... carrying reverently for the whole play, in a tragicomical echo of Ward's book-dropping a few moments earlier. Audiences roared with laughter at the loud noise, ... «Austin Chronicle, Dec 14»
St Vincent — film review
That tragicomical calamity of a face, like a piñata left out in the rain after everyone has had a whack, puckers away in prime form when we first meet Vincent, ... «Financial Times, Dec 14»
Martial Raysse retrospective 1960-2014 review - furiously modern
He takes his idea as far as it will go, and his idea is that humankind is a tragicomical masquerade. It is hard to fault him on that point. Martial Raysse is at the ... «The Guardian, Jul 14»
Jay Mariotti writes the most perfectly terrible sports column in world …
Obamacare has become such a tragicomical farce that actor Zach Galifianakis, in some semi-coherent form, was used to educate young people about signing ... «SB Nation, Mar 14»
Pot Shots! Part Deux
Cautious Colorado cities have taken a wait-and-see approach on allowing sales, with a few tragicomical results. The southeastern town La Junta rejected ... «American Spectator, Dec 13»
