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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... suggests , and we should not conclude otherwise prematurely . But it is necessary to pare down the topic to its essentials ... suggested a telescoping four- stage structure : ( 1 ) incongruity , ( 2 ) the affective ( includ- ing anxiety ...
... suggests , and we should not conclude otherwise prematurely . But it is necessary to pare down the topic to its essentials ... suggested a telescoping four- stage structure : ( 1 ) incongruity , ( 2 ) the affective ( includ- ing anxiety ...
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... suggests a mixed state of relief for oneself and concern for another's loss , hence mutually reinforcing modes of ... suggested three stages of catharsis of fear , and two of pity . Especially where these coincide it is neces- sary to ...
... suggests a mixed state of relief for oneself and concern for another's loss , hence mutually reinforcing modes of ... suggested three stages of catharsis of fear , and two of pity . Especially where these coincide it is neces- sary to ...
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... suggested how close Freud's and Bergson's theories of the comic came to anxiety reduction , once this concept was defined for our purposes . The failure of some empirical studies to confirm a reduction of sympathetic ner- vous system ...
... suggested how close Freud's and Bergson's theories of the comic came to anxiety reduction , once this concept was defined for our purposes . The failure of some empirical studies to confirm a reduction of sympathetic ner- vous system ...
Contents
Comedy | 47 |
Tragedy | 81 |
Grief and Another Delay Theory Hamlet | 115 |
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