Kenneth A. Loparo 
The Logic of Wish and Fear: New Perspectives on Genres of Western Fiction [PDF ebook] 

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.

Cuprins

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

Despre autor

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