Bard College Berlin Library

Normal view MARC view ISBD view

Tragic pathos : pity and fear in Greek philosophy and tragedy / Dana LaCourse Munteanu.

By: Munteanu, Dana LaCourse 1972-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012Description: xiii, 278 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780521765107.Subject(s): Aeschylus. Persae | Aeschylus. Prometheus bound | Sophocles. Ajax | Euripides. Orestes | Greek drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism | Pathos in literature | Sympathy in literature | Fear in literature | Emotions (Philosophy) -- History | Aesthetics, Ancient | LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient, Classical & MedievalDDC classification: 882/.0109162 Online resources: Cover image | Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Table of contents only
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Introduction; Part I. Theoretical Views about Pity and Fear as Aesthetic Emotions: 1. Drama and the emotions: an Indo-European connection? 2. Gorgias: a strange trio, the poetic emotions; 3. Plato: from reality to tragedy and back; 4. Aristotle: the first 'theorist' of the aesthetic emotions; Part II. Pity and Fear within Tragedies: 5. An introduction; 6. Aeschylus: Persians; 7. Prometheus Bound; 8. Sophocles: Ajax; 9. Euripides: Orestes; Appendix: catharsis and the emotions in the definition of tragedy in the Poetics.
Summary: "Scholars have often focused on understanding Aristotle's poetic theory, and particularly the concept of catharsis in the Poetics, as a response to Plato's critique of pity in the Republic. However, this book shows that, while Greek thinkers all acknowledge pity and some form of fear as responses to tragedy, each assumes a different purpose for the two emotions and mode of presentation and, to a degree, understanding of them. This book reassesses expressions of the emotions within different tragedies and explores emotional responses to and discussions of the tragedies by contemporary philosophers, providing insights into the ethical and social implications of the emotions"--
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title.
Item type Current location Call number Status Date due
Non Fiction Non Fiction BardBerlinLibrary
882.010 Mun 2012 (Browse shelf) Available

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-274) and index.

Machine generated contents note: Introduction; Part I. Theoretical Views about Pity and Fear as Aesthetic Emotions: 1. Drama and the emotions: an Indo-European connection? 2. Gorgias: a strange trio, the poetic emotions; 3. Plato: from reality to tragedy and back; 4. Aristotle: the first 'theorist' of the aesthetic emotions; Part II. Pity and Fear within Tragedies: 5. An introduction; 6. Aeschylus: Persians; 7. Prometheus Bound; 8. Sophocles: Ajax; 9. Euripides: Orestes; Appendix: catharsis and the emotions in the definition of tragedy in the Poetics.

"Scholars have often focused on understanding Aristotle's poetic theory, and particularly the concept of catharsis in the Poetics, as a response to Plato's critique of pity in the Republic. However, this book shows that, while Greek thinkers all acknowledge pity and some form of fear as responses to tragedy, each assumes a different purpose for the two emotions and mode of presentation and, to a degree, understanding of them. This book reassesses expressions of the emotions within different tragedies and explores emotional responses to and discussions of the tragedies by contemporary philosophers, providing insights into the ethical and social implications of the emotions"--

There are no comments for this item.

Log in to your account to post a comment.

Please contact [email protected] in case you encounter any problems with the OPAC.