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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... Effects of Arousal on Appreciation for Varying Degrees of Sex Relevant Humor , " Journal of Exper- imental Research in Personality , 6 , Nos . 2-3 ( 1972 ) , 241-47 . 11. Donn Byrne , " Some Inconsistencies in the Effect of Moti- vation ...
... Effects of Arousal on Appreciation for Varying Degrees of Sex Relevant Humor , " Journal of Exper- imental Research in Personality , 6 , Nos . 2-3 ( 1972 ) , 241-47 . 11. Donn Byrne , " Some Inconsistencies in the Effect of Moti- vation ...
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... Effects of Humor in a Black and White Population , " DAI , 33 , 4B ( Oct. 1972 ) , 1803- 04. ( abstract ) . 33. Sheila C. Ribordy , Daniel S. Holmes and Helen K. Buchs- baum , " Effects of Affective and Cognitive Distractions on Anxiety ...
... Effects of Humor in a Black and White Population , " DAI , 33 , 4B ( Oct. 1972 ) , 1803- 04. ( abstract ) . 33. Sheila C. Ribordy , Daniel S. Holmes and Helen K. Buchs- baum , " Effects of Affective and Cognitive Distractions on Anxiety ...
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... Effect of Motivation Arousal on Hu- mor Preferences . " Journal of Abnormal and Social Psycho- logy , 59 ( 1959 ) , 278-81 . Townsend , Michael A.R. and Peggy Mahoney . " Humor and Anxiety : Effects on Class Test Performance ...
... Effect of Motivation Arousal on Hu- mor Preferences . " Journal of Abnormal and Social Psycho- logy , 59 ( 1959 ) , 278-81 . Townsend , Michael A.R. and Peggy Mahoney . " Humor and Anxiety : Effects on Class Test Performance ...
Contents
Comedy | 47 |
Tragedy | 81 |
Grief and Another Delay Theory Hamlet | 115 |
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