"Tragedy embodies an experience of chaos, and the only cosmos that the tragic poet can guarantee to offset it with is the cosmos of his tragedy, with its integration of plot, character, dialogue and idea...If a despairing man starts to sing, he is already transcending the despair."
Eric Bentley
On Having Turned 80
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It seemed odd, even to me, that after posts (or, let's face it, essays) on
major and not so major birthdays for the past 20 years, I let turning 80 go ...
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