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.
Tabla de materias
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
Sobre el autor
Ben La Farge is Professor of Literature at Bard College, USA.
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Idioma Inglés ● Formato PDF ● Páginas 136 ● ISBN 9781137465689 ● Tamaño de archivo 0.7 MB ● Editorial Palgrave Macmillan US ● Ciudad New York ● País US ● Publicado 2014 ● Descargable 24 meses ● Divisa EUR ● ID 4992587 ● Protección de copia DRM social