Book Summary
"Comedy, tragedy, and religion have been intertwined since ancient Greece, where comedy and tragedy arose as religious rituals. This book analyzes the worldviews of tragedy and comedy, and compares each with the world's major religions. Morreall contrasts the tragic and comic along twenty psychological and social dimensions and uses these to analyze both Eastern and Western traditions."--BOOK JACKET.
Book Details
Book Name | Comedy, Tragedy And Religion |
Author | John Morreall |
Publisher | State University Of New York Press (May 1999) |
ISBN | 9780791442067 |
Pages | 177 |
Language | English |
Price | 1137 |