The Logic of Wish and Fear: New Perspectives on Genres of Western Fiction

By Ben La Farge

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137470844
• ISBN13: 9781137470843
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"