The Logic of Wish and Fear: New Perspectives on Genres of Western Fiction [electronic resource] /
Farge, Ben La.author.
Moving effortlessly from Greek to Shakespearean tragedies, to nineteenth and twentieth-century British, American and Russian drama, and fiction and contemporary television, this study sheds new light on the art of comedy.
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Part I The Convergence of Comedy and Romance; 1 Comedy's Logic; Coda: feminist comedy; 2 Comedy's Intention; 3 Comic Romance; Coda: mythic romance; Part II Secular Myth; 4 The Anatomy of Secular Myth; Part III The Pleasures of Tragedy; 5 Its Genesis-Why Then?; 6 Complex Tragedy; 7 The Problem of Catharsis; 8 The Question of Fate; 9 The Tragic Flaw; 10 Syphilis and War as Substitute Fates; 11 High and Low Mimetic Tragedies; Conclusion; Appendix
Moving effortlessly from Greek to Shakespearean tragedies, to nineteenth and twentieth-century British, American and Russian drama, and fiction and contemporary television, this study sheds new light on the art of comedy.
Literature-Philosophy.
Philosophy (General).
Literature-History and criticism.
Literary Theory.
Philosophy, general.
Literary History.