Performing Catharsis

Peter Meineck

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2026

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What is catharsis and how exactly do pity (eleos) and fear (phobos) and other emotions achieve it? Rather than examining catharsis as described in Aristotle’s Poetics, this book instead places it within the context of performance in ancient Greece from the Palaeolithic to the fourth century BCE.

ISBN-13
9781032596686
ISBN-10
1032596686
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year
2026
Publication date
2026-06-26
Pages
284
Dimensions
234x156x