Affect Theory, Genre, and the Example of Tragedy: Dreams We Learn

by Duncan A Lucas

Book Overview

Affect Theory, Genre, and the Example of Tragedy employs Silvan Tomkins' Affect-Script theory of human psychology to explore the largely unacknowledged emotions of disgust and shame in tragedy. The book begins with an overview of Tomkins' relationship to both traditional psychoanalysis and theories of human motivation and emotion, before considering tragedy via case studies of Oedipus, Hamlet, and Death of a Salesman...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030069281
• ISBN13: 9783030069285
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 329 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"