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Tragicomedy
Tragicomedy is a literary genre that blends aspects of both tragic and comic forms. Most often seen in dramatic literature, the term can variously describe either a tragic play which contains enough comic elements to lighten the overall mood or a serious play with a happy ending.
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Her face, the face of a saint, an intense little Madonna, was lifted fragilely out of the mortal dust of the afternoon.
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― Jacob's Ladder
― Jacob's Ladder
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Before long the world will be cloven with a war between the telescopists and the microscopists. The first study large things and live in a small world; the second study small things and live in a large world
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― Heretics
― Heretics
Have you ever cried while laughing or laughed while crying?
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