What does Tragedy do for People?

A discussion of what the use of tragedy is, and whether the emotional experience of tragic theatre is simply a passing thrill or a vital part of life.
Date Published: 1 March 2010
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Contributors: Oliver Taplin, Joshua Billings
In Collection(s): Questioning Genre
Keywords: Aristotle, theory of tragedy, theory of emotion, cognition, history of ideas, literature, theatre, shakespeare, greek, drama, catharsis, #greatwriters
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