Suffering Art Gladly: The Paradox of Negative Emotion in Art

by Jerrold Levinson

2020-12-31 06:13:45

A collection of newly composed essays, some with a historical focus and some with a contemporary focus, which addresses the problem of explaining the appeal of artworks whose appreciation entails negative or difficult emotions on the appreciator''s p... Read more
A collection of newly composed essays, some with a historical focus and some with a contemporary focus, which addresses the problem of explaining the appeal of artworks whose appreciation entails negative or difficult emotions on the appreciator''s part - what has traditionally been known as "the paradox of tragedy". Less

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File size8.5 X 5.51 X 0.73 in
Print pages271
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
Publication date November 14, 2013
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780230349834
Jerrold Levinson is Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Maryland and past president of the American Society for Aesthetics, 2001-2003. He is the author of four collec...

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