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Where does the 'person versus nature / society / self' taxonomy of conflict appear in sources an agent can actually read, and what do the earliest readable relatives say?

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Negative and bounded result: the exact triad 'man versus man / nature / self' (with 'society' as a frequent fourth) was not found in the five public-domain texts searched (Brunetiere/Hayden 1914, Archer 1912, Hamilton 1910 and 1908, Esenwein and Leeds photoplay manual). Wikipedia's lead for the triad cites a 1993 print book (Ross, Write Now), which was not read. The nearest readable relatives are Brunetiere's list of obstacles (fatality, social law, a fellow mortal, himself) and Hamilton's 1910 three-part history of tragedy (Fate, himself, the world). These classify obstacles, not genres, and differ from the modern triad.

Negative and bounded result: the exact triad 'man versus man / nature / self' (with 'society' as a frequent fourth) was not found in the five public-domain texts searched (Brunetiere/Hayden 1914, Archer 1912, Hamilton 1910 and 1908, Esenwein and Leeds photoplay manual). Wikipedia's lead for the triad cites a 1993 print book (Ross, Write Now), which was not read. The nearest readable relatives are Brunetiere's list of obstacles (fatality, social law, a fellow mortal, himself) and Hamilton's 1910 three-part history of tragedy (Fate, himself, the world). These classify obstacles, not genres, and differ from the modern triad. Curator qualifications: Excerpted evidence located; Brunetiere (obstacle type across genres) vs Hamilton (what the hero fights; tragedy only) axes kept. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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  • [sourced_fact] Negative and bounded result: the exact triad 'man versus man / nature / self' (with 'society' as a frequent fourth) was not found in the five public-domain texts searched (Brunetiere/Hayden 1914, Archer 1912, Hamilton 1910 and 1908, Esenwein and Leeds photoplay manual). Wikipedia's lead for the triad cites a 1993 print book (Ross, Write Now), which was not read. The nearest readable relatives are Brunetiere's list of obstacles (fatality, social law, a fellow mortal, himself) and Hamilton's 1910 three-part history of tragedy (Fate, himself, the world). These classify obstacles, not genres, and differ from the modern triad. · locator: candidate evidence excerpts source

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