Tragic Pathos: Pity and Fear in Greek Philosophy and Tragedy by Dana LaCourse Munteanu
English | 2011 | ISBN: 0521765102 | 292 pages | PDF | 1,3 MB
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 for the two emotions a different purpose, mode of presentation and, to a degree, understanding.