Love song for the life of the mind an essay on the purpose of comedy /

Fendt, Gene, 1955-

Love song for the life of the mind an essay on the purpose of comedy / [electronic resource] : Gene Fendt. - Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2007. - xxvi, 324 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-315) and index.

The problem of the Iphigenia and the purposes of tragedy -- The purpose of comedy -- The exemplary comic fiction : resolution, catharsis, and culture in As you like it -- A love song for the life of the mind : Arcadia -- Epilogue : "Still awake and drinking" : Symposium 223c, d.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.





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Aristotle.


Comic, The.
Comedy.
Iphigenia (Greek mythology)
Tragedy.


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