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008 140715s2014 nyu b 000 0 eng
010 $a 2014028120
020 $a9781137470843 (hardback)
020 $a1137470844 (hardback)
024 $a40023907054
035 $a(OCoLC)883836555
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn883836555
035 $a(NNC)10921745
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050 00 $aPN45.5$b.L3 2014
082 00 $a808$223
084 $aLIT000000$aLIT006000$aLIT013000$aPHI035000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aLa Farge, Ben,$d1932-,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe logic of wish and fear :$bnew perspectives on genres of Western fiction /$cBen La Farge.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew York, NY :$bPalgrave Pivot,$c2014.
300 $aix, 136 pages ;$c23 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aPalgrave pivot
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 $a"Through Aristotle's theory of catharsis and his concept of complex tragedy, Ben La Farge provides an original examination of genre. Moving effortlessly from Greek to Shakespearean tragedies, to nineteenth and twentieth-century British, American and Russian drama, and fiction and contemporary television, this study sheds new light on the art of comedy"--$cProvided by publisher.
505 8 $aMachine 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.
650 0 $aLiterature$xPhilosophy.
650 0 $aLiterary form.
650 7 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / Drama.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPHILOSOPHY / Essays.$2bisacsh
830 0 $aPalgrave pivot.
852 00 $bglx$hPN45.5$i.L3 2014