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A history of criticism and literary taste in Europe, from the earliest texts to the present day. Volume 3 (of 3), Modern criticism

Note 189 — Chapter IV · DIDEROT AND THE FRENCH TRANSITION.

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Chap. xxvi. L’idéal du caractère tragique consiste dans le triomphe que la volonté remporte sur le destin et sur nos passions; le comique exprime au contraire l’empire de l’instincts physique sur l’existence morale. From which it will follow that Hamlet and Lear are not tragedies, and that As You Like It and Much Ado About Nothing are not comedies.

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