The Literature Of Pity

Pity represents a combination of fear, helplessness and overwhelming agitation. It is a term which suffuses our everyday lives, it is also a dangerous term hovering between approval of sympathy and disapproval of emotional wallowing (as in 'self-pity'). This book traces an entire history of pity, as an emotion and as an element in the arts.

Year

2013

Language

English

Publisher

EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS

Editions

5

Pages

190

ISBN

9780748639496

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