Dramatic Disgust: Aesthetic Theory and Practice from Sophocles to Sarah Kane by Ablett, Sarah J.

Dramatic Disgust: Aesthetic Theory and Practice from Sophocles to Sarah Kane (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783837652109)

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Dramatic Disgust: Aesthetic Theory and Practice from Sophocles to Sarah Kane by Ablett, Sarah J.

Dramatic Disgust: Aesthetic Theory and Practice from Sophocles to Sarah Kane

$50.00
Dramatic Disgust: Aesthetic Theory and Practice from Sophocles to Sarah Kane by Ablett, Sarah J.

Dramatic Disgust: Aesthetic Theory and Practice from Sophocles to Sarah Kane

$50.00
Format: Paperback
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Aesthetic disgust is a key component of most classic works of drama because it has much more potential than to simply shock the audience. This first extensive study on dramatic disgust places this sensation among pity and fear as one of the core emotions that can achieve katharsis in drama. The book sets out in antiquity and traces the history of dramatic disgust through Kant, Freud, and Kristeva to Sarah Kane's in-yer-face theatre. It establishes a framework to analyze forms and functions of disgust in drama by investigating its different cognates (miasma, abjection, etc.). Providing a concise argument against critics who have discredited aesthetic disgust as juvenile attention-grabbing, Sarah Ablett explains how this repulsive emotion allows theatre to dig deeper into what it means to be human.

Author: Sarah J. Ablett
ISBN-10: 3837652106
ISBN-13: 9783837652109
Publisher: Transcript Publishing
Language: English
Published: 09/15/2020
Pages: 254
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.43d
By Sarah J. Ablett
By Sarah J. Ablett
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Sarah J. Ablett has studied English literature, philosophy, and creative writing at the Universities of Hamburg, Manchester, Heidelberg, and Hildesheim, and completed her doctorate at TU Braunschweig. She has taught literary and cultural studies and was part of the research project Hyphenated Cultures: Contemporary British-Jewish Theatre funded by the VolkswagenStiftung.

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