Suffering Art Gladly: The Paradox of Negative Emotion in Art - Hardback

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".

• | Author: Jerrold Levinson
• | Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• | Publication Date: Nov 14, 2013
• | Number of Pages: 271 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 0230349838
• | ISBN-13: 9780230349834