Tragedy and Tragic Theory: An Analytical GuideComprehending tragedy has been a major philosophical and critical preoccupation in Western thought. Whether concerned with the generic problem of definition or with tragedy in the context of specific writers or periods, books with multiple and often conflicting perspectives abound. In an effort to bring order to the explanations over two millennia, Tragedy and Tragic Theory lucidly analyzes the principal ideas about tragedy from Plato to the present. |
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... pity and fear under control by stimulating them to such an immoderate degree that they return to their proper balance in the spectator's emotional makeup. Third, in a process analogous to chemical sublimation,15 katharsis may "purify ...
... pity and fear under control by stimulating them to such an immoderate degree that they return to their proper balance in the spectator's emotional makeup . Third , in a process analogous to chemical sublimation , 15 katharsis may ...
... pity and fear alone produces pain , pleasure comes from the purification , purgation , or sublimation ( ka- tharsis ) ... pity nor fear ; it merely shocks us . " Inversely , the success of a " bad man " fails to satisfy requirements for ...
Contents
Preface | vii |
The Circle of Inquiry | 105 |
The Scope of Tragedy | 133 |
Copyright | |
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