Such, approximately, is Aristotle's view of the Tragic Emotion, or katharsis.
"The Psychology of Beauty"
Ethel D. Puffer
We speak o Aristotle's katharsis as the Tragic Emotion, forgetting that to-day Tragedy and the Tragic are no longer identical.
"The Psychology of Beauty"
Ethel D. Puffer
Therefore, as I say, we must not assume, with many modern critics, than an analysis of the tragic in experience will solve the problem of the katharsis.
"The Psychology of Beauty"
Ethel D. Puffer