{"product_id":"9783030069285","title":"Palgrave Studies in Affect Theory and Literary Criticism: Dreams We Learn","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePalgrave Studies in Affect Theory and Literary Criticism: Dreams We Learn\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eLucas, Duncan A.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAffect Theory, Genre, and the Example of Tragedy \u003c\/i\u003eemploys Silvan Tomkins’ Affect-Script theory of human psychology to explore the largely unacknowledged emotions of disgust and shame in tragedy. The book begins with an overview of Tomkins’ relationship to both traditional psychoanalysis and theories of human motivation and emotion, before considering tragedy via case studies of \u003ci\u003eOedipus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDeath of a Salesman\u003c\/i\u003e.  Aligning Affect-Script theory with literary genre studies, this text explores what motivates fictional characters within the closed conditions of their imagined worlds and how we as an audience relate to and understand fictional characters as motivated humans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2019-01-19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783030069285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-319-94863-8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 329\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47449390022796,"sku":"9783030069285","price":89.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030069285.jpg?v=1775922491","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783030069285","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}