Weighing Delight and Dole: A Study of Comedy, Tragedy, and AnxietyThis work establishes a concept of anxiety reduction which is applied to a discussion of the literature on comedy and tragedy in order to propose new definitions of these genres. The results of this theoretical treatment are then employed in analyses of works of Shakespeare, Schiller, Buchner, Lessing, Cary, De Vries and Kafka." |
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... attempt to achieve some agree- ment and improve scientific communication . A key figure in these efforts has been Charles D. Spielberger , who with the aid of a variety of colleagues has published a number of im- posing collections of ...
... attempt to achieve some agree- ment and improve scientific communication . A key figure in these efforts has been Charles D. Spielberger , who with the aid of a variety of colleagues has published a number of im- posing collections of ...
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... attempted to do ) , or rather to attempt to disengage it , is to flirt with triviality , however disconcerting the admission of ul- timately subjective and artificial ( in the original sense ) linguistic issues may be . If we are ...
... attempted to do ) , or rather to attempt to disengage it , is to flirt with triviality , however disconcerting the admission of ul- timately subjective and artificial ( in the original sense ) linguistic issues may be . If we are ...
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... attempt to write a comedy freed from dependency on existing traditions . On the contrary , Minna von Barnhelm is ... attempted to show that Lessing did lit- tle besides steal motifs from world literature.5 While most of his examples are ...
... attempt to write a comedy freed from dependency on existing traditions . On the contrary , Minna von Barnhelm is ... attempted to show that Lessing did lit- tle besides steal motifs from world literature.5 While most of his examples are ...
Contents
Comedy | 47 |
Tragedy | 81 |
Grief and Another Delay Theory Hamlet | 115 |
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aggression Amphitruo Amphitryon anxiety reduction appears Aristotle Aristotle's arousal assert Brod Cary's catastrophe catharsis catharsis of fear central character Chick Claudius comic concept context danger Dantons Tod death defense discussion drama Elizabeth emotion esthetic event example experience fact feelings Frankfurt a/M Franz Kafka Freud Friedrich Schiller Georg Buechner German Gregor grief guilt Gulley Gulley's Hamlet Horse's Mouth hostility Humor iety incongruity individual inhibition inner issue Jimson Journal Joyce Cary kill Claudius Kris laughter Lessing Lessing's literary literature Maria Stuart Mary Mary's matter Max Brod Minna von Barnhelm Muenchen mysticism Nickie Nietzsche notion novel person Peter De Vries pity and fear play pleasure psychoanalysis psychological reality realized revenge role Saemtliche Schiller sense sentimental comedy sexual Shakespeare social social inhibition specifically spectator sublime suggested superego Tellheim theory threat tion tragedy tragic catharsis tragic hero transcendence vicarious Vries's Werke York