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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... defensive purposes , so one is inclined to be un- comfortable with this term as a basic or primary drive . Per- haps ... defense ; ( 5 ) anxiety as unpleasure , and ( presumably ) anxiety reduction as pleasure . 3. Philosophical Theories ...
... defensive purposes , so one is inclined to be un- comfortable with this term as a basic or primary drive . Per- haps ... defense ; ( 5 ) anxiety as unpleasure , and ( presumably ) anxiety reduction as pleasure . 3. Philosophical Theories ...
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... defense -- but can still be dis- tinguished to some extent psychologically ( even though the line of demarcation is ... defenses . 10 Turning to a number of prominent psychological theorists on anxiety , May cites Howard Liddell for ...
... defense -- but can still be dis- tinguished to some extent psychologically ( even though the line of demarcation is ... defenses . 10 Turning to a number of prominent psychological theorists on anxiety , May cites Howard Liddell for ...
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... defensive action yields here largely to cynicism , guilt and pity . Cynicism is a defense against anxiety , a form of resignation buttressed by rejection of the world . Guilt is a form of anxiety that seeks out the catastrophe as a ...
... defensive action yields here largely to cynicism , guilt and pity . Cynicism is a defense against anxiety , a form of resignation buttressed by rejection of the world . Guilt is a form of anxiety that seeks out the catastrophe as a ...
Contents
Comedy | 47 |
Tragedy | 81 |
Grief and Another Delay Theory Hamlet | 115 |
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