The Pleasure of tragedy, A. D Nuttall 'Aristotle and after' 1996
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- The Pleasure of tragedy, A. D Nuttall 'Aristotle and after' 1996
- Theres a 'tension between pleasure and pain'
- Aristotle called the oikeia hedone 'the proper pleasure' of tragedy
- 'suffering and death are perceived as as matter for grief and fear, after which it seems that they become a matter for enjoyment'
- 'I fancy that the same is true... in the case of the gloating, envious spectator'
- Iago is a spectator in his asides, enjoys watching others struggle
- 'I fancy that the same is true... in the case of the gloating, envious spectator'
- 'suffering and death are perceived as as matter for grief and fear, after which it seems that they become a matter for enjoyment'
- Aristotle called the oikeia hedone 'the proper pleasure' of tragedy
- Nietzschean oxymoron, 'tragic joy' is oddly easier to accept because it fights fire with fire.
- New generation of readers despite the pleasurable and to value the disturbing work
- Dr Johnson argues that poetry and drama must please
- Theres a 'tension between pleasure and pain'
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