The Vision of Tragedy Author:Richard B. Sewall One of the most h ighly acclaimed critical studies in many years, "The Vision of Tragedy" offers a far-reaching analysis of the nature of tragedy from Job to the present. Mr. Sewall examines in detail eight masterworks: The Book of Job, Oedipus the King, Doctor Faustus, King Lear, The Scarlet Letter, Moby Dick, The Brothers Karamazov, and Absa... more »lom, Absalom! He indicates the dominant themes, meaning and images by which the tragic imagination seeks to penetrate to the heart of reality--"the permanence and mystery of human suffering". He shows how tragedy differs from, or may include, other modes and genres, like comedy, satire, melodrama, and the literature of pathos.« less