Why Does Tragedy Give Pleasure? (Paperback, New Ed)
A. D. NuttallWhy does tragedy give pleasure? Why do people who are neither wicked nor depraved enjoy watching plays about suffering and death? Is it because we see horrific matter controlled by majestic art? Or because tragedy actually reaches out to the dark side of human nature? A. D. Nuttall's wide-ranging, lively, and engaging book offers a new answer to this perennial question. Writers discussed include Aristotle, Shakespeare, Nietzsche, and Freud.
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Why does tragedy give pleasure? Why do people who are neither wicked nor depraved enjoy watching plays about suffering and death? Is it because we see horrific matter controlled by majestic art? Or because tragedy actually reaches out to the dark side of human nature? A. D. Nuttall's wide-ranging, lively, and engaging book offers a new answer to this perennial question. Writers discussed include Aristotle, Shakespeare, Nietzsche, and Freud.
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Imprint | Oxford UniversityPress |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Release date | March 2001 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | May 2001 |
Authors | A. D. Nuttall |
Dimensions | 136 x 216 x 9mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 120 |
Edition | New Ed |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-818766-0 |
Barcode | 9780198187660 |
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LSN | 0-19-818766-1 |
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