Title: The Logic of Wish and Fear : New Perspectives on Genres of Western Fiction /
Authors: La Farge, Ben, 1932-
Year: 2014
Subjects: Literature Philosophy; Literary form; LITERARY CRITICISM / General.; LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory.; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama.; PHILOSOPHY / Essays.; Comedy History and criticism; Comedy; Literary studies: general.; Literary studies: general.; Literary studies: plays & playwrights.; Literary studies: plays & playwrights.; Literary theory.; Literary theory.; Literature.
Abstract: "Through Aristotle's theory of catharsis and his concept of complex tragedy, Ben La Farge provides an original examination of genre. 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"--
Contents: Machine generated contents note: -- Preface -- PART I: THE CONVERGENCE OF COMEDY AND ROMANCE -- 1. Comedy's Logic -- 2. Comedy's Intention -- 3. Comic Romance -- PART II: SECULAR MYTH -- 4. The Anatomy of Secular Myth -- PART THREE: THE PLEASURES OF TRAGEDY -- 5. 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.