Suffering Art Gladly The Paradox of Negative Emotion in Art
Description
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".
Keywords
PhilosophyAestheticsArtPsychologyEmotions
2013Book
Author(s)Jerrold Levinson
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780230349834
LanguageEnglish
