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.
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Table of Content
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
About the author
Ben La Farge is Professor of Literature at Bard College, USA.
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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 136 ● ISBN 9781137465689 ● File size 0.7 MB ● Publisher Palgrave Macmillan US ● City New York ● Country US ● Published 2014 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 4992587 ● Copy protection Social DRM
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