On the record
Here it is that the comedy verges to tragedy.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “Here it is that the comedy verges to tragedy.”
Editor's note · Context
Du Bois suggests that the transition from comedy to tragedy reflects the serious implications of racial ideologies.
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