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A Philosophical Inquiry into the Source of the Pleasures Derived from the Tragic Representations: from which is Deduced the Secret of Giving Dramatic Interest to Tragedies Intended for the Stage. Preceded by a Critical Examination of the Various Theories Adopted on the Subject by the English, French, and German Philosophers
by M'Dermot, M. [McDermot, Martin]
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
London: Sherwood, Jones, and Co. / D. Sidney & Co. Printers, 1824. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition. Rebound with leather spine, marbled paper over boards, and new end sheets. Tape repair to title page, rear hinge just beginning to weaken, stain on rear flyleaf. 1824 Hard Cover. viii, 405, [1] pp. A summary of aesthetic theories related to stage productions in various European traditions, along with the author's analysis of the same. This work references the works of Edmund Burke, Karl Schlegel, and Richard Knight. M'Dermot seems to have had a general interest in aesthetics: he also wrote A Critical Dissertation on the Nature and Principles of Taste; Essays on the Sources of the Pleasures Received from Literary Compositions; etc.
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- A Philosophical Inquiry into the Source of the Pleasures Derived from the Tragic Representations: from which is Deduced the Secret of Giving Dramatic Interest to Tragedies Intended for the Stage. Preceded by a Critical Examination of the Various Theories Adopted on the Subject by the English, French, and German Philosophers
- Author
- M'Dermot, M. [McDermot, Martin]
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sherwood, Jones, and Co. / D. Sidney & Co. Printers
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1824
- Weight
- 1.31 lbs
- Keywords
- PHILOSOPHY PHILOSOPHICAL THEORY THEORIES AESTHETICS PLEASURE SENSE BEAUTY THE GOOD DRAMA DRAMATIC WORKS THEATRE THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS STAGE PLAYS
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