Psychology of Literature: A Study of Alienation and Tragedy
New York: Philosophical Library, 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Fine / Near Fine. Item #010418
Orig. blue cloth. 262 pp. Bookplate of C.B. Farrar. Dust jacket is sunned to spine and joints, else fine. This book presents a unique, non-Aristotelian theory of a tragedy as it occurs in both life and literature. It traces the roots of tragedy to their psychological origins and finds them to consist of certain alienating forces which endanger individual autonomy. This work offers fresh insights into classical theater and fiction, while its main thesis applies to the circumstances of life as well as to the conventions of literature.
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