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Suffering Art Gladly

The Paradox of Negative Emotion in Art

Palgrave Macmillan

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  1. Jerrold Levinson

    1. Department of Philosophy, University of Maryland, USA

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  3. Contemporary Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109
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    3. Painful Art and the Limits of Well-Being

      • Aaron Smuts
      Pages 123-152

    6. Heavenly Hurt: The Joy and Value of Sad Poetry

      • Anna Christina Ribeiro
      Pages 186-206

    7. Negative Emotions and Creativity

      • Derek Matravers
      Pages 207-223

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 267-271
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About this book

A collection of newly composed essays, some with a historical focus and some with a contemporary focus, which addresses the problem of explaining the appeal of artworks whose appreciation entails negative or difficult emotions on the appreciator's part - what has traditionally been known as "the paradox of tragedy".
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Philosophy, University of Maryland, USA

    Jerrold Levinson

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About the editor

David Davies, McGill University, Canada Pierre Destrée University Catholique de Louvain, Belgium Raf DeClercq, Lingnan University, Hong Kong Iskra Fileva, University of North Carolina, USA Jonathan Gilmore, Columbia University, USA Carolyn Korsmeyer, University of Buffalo, USA Derek Matravers, The Open University, UK Anna Christina Ribeiro, Texas Tech University, USA Sandra Shapshay, Indiana University, USA Aaron Smuts, Rhode Island College, USA Carole Talon-Hugon, University of Nice, France Cain Todd, University of Lancaster, UK Christopher Williams, University of Nevada, Reno, USA
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Suffering Art Gladly

  • Book Subtitle: The Paradox of Negative Emotion in Art

  • Editors: Jerrold Levinson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137313713

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-34983-4Published: 14 November 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-34598-4Published: 01 January 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-31371-3Published: 14 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 271

  • Topics: Aesthetics, Arts, Emotion

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