Comedy, tragedy, and religion
By: John Morreall.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Albany, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 177
Subjects: Religions -- Miscellanea.; Tragic, The -- Religious aspects.; Comic, The -- Religious aspects
Description: "Comedy, tragedy, and religion have been intertwined since ancient Greece, where comedy and tragedy arose as religious rituals. This book analyzes the worldviews of tragedy and comedy, and compares each with the world's major religions. Morreall contrasts the tragic and comic along twenty psychological and social dimensions and uses these to analyze both Eastern and Western traditions."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-171) and index.