The Logic of Wish and Fear: New Perspectives on Genres of Western Fiction

Kenneth A. Loparo (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

136 Seiten

2014
Palgrave Pivot (Verlag)
978-1-137-47084-3 (ISBN)

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Moving effortlessly from Greek to Shakespearean tragedies, to nineteenth and twentieth-century British, American and Russian drama, and fiction and contemporary television, this study sheds new light on the art of comedy.

Ben La Farge is Professor of Literature at Bard College, USA.

Preface PART I: THE CONVERGENCE OF COMEDY AND ROMANCE 1. Comedy's Logic 2. Comedy's Intention 3. Comic Romance PART II: SECULAR MYTH 4. The Anatomy of Secular Myth PART THREE: THE PLEASURES OF TRAGEDY 5. Genesis - Why Then? 6. Complex Tragedy 7. The Problem of Catharsis 8. The Question of Fate 9. The Tragic Flaw 10. Syphilis and War as Substitute Fates 11. High and Low Mimetic Tragedies Conclusion

Zusatzinfo	2 Illustrations, black and white; X, 136 p. 2 illus.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-137-47084-4 / 1137470844
ISBN-13	978-1-137-47084-3 / 9781137470843
Zustand	Neuware