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ISBN: 1032202297

ISBN13: 9781032202297

The Paradox of Tragedy

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First published in 1960, The Paradox of Tragedy raises the fundamental question, why do we enjoy tragic drama with its themes of death and disaster? Aristotle's theory of catharsis is still widely accepted as a satisfactory explanation of this paradox. In the first of its two connected essays, D.D. Raphael argues that Aristotle's account of tragic emotions is distorted by a faulty psychology and fails to solve the problem. Raphael...

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