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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... importance of anxiety in psychoanalysis : However that may be , it is clear that the problem of anxiety is a knot where the most widely dif- fering and most important questions meet , a puz- zle , the solution to which would have to ...
... importance of anxiety in psychoanalysis : However that may be , it is clear that the problem of anxiety is a knot where the most widely dif- fering and most important questions meet , a puz- zle , the solution to which would have to ...
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... important one . His formulation sharpens the distinction between anx- iety , understood in narrow terms , and fear , then considers their mixing : It is interesting to examine situations that produce mixed judgments of fear and anxiety ...
... important one . His formulation sharpens the distinction between anx- iety , understood in narrow terms , and fear , then considers their mixing : It is interesting to examine situations that produce mixed judgments of fear and anxiety ...
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... importance of brevity . A borderline example will demonstrate this foundational characteristic best : Hemingway and ... important in eliciting laughter as opposed to a longer- lasting , more substantial comic atmosphere is especially ...
... importance of brevity . A borderline example will demonstrate this foundational characteristic best : Hemingway and ... important in eliciting laughter as opposed to a longer- lasting , more substantial comic atmosphere is especially ...
Contents
Comedy | 47 |
Tragedy | 81 |
Grief and Another Delay Theory Hamlet | 115 |
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