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This work establishes a concept of anxiety reduction which is applied to a discussion of the literature on comedy and tragedy in order to propose new definitions of these genres. The results of this theoretical treatment are then employed in analyses of works of Shakespeare, Schiller, Buechner, Lessing, Cary, De Vries and Kafka.

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Peter Waldeck's book contains the results of more than two decades of study of the relationship of comedy and tragedy to anxiety. Using examples from German, English and American literatures, he presents penetrating glimpses into the nature of these genres as well as into the works examined. The result is a readable, informative, and highly original monographAe' (Jack Kolbert, Susquehanna University) The book has the advantage that unlike most psychological theorists, its author is qualified in literary appreciation. He may have pointed the way for future contributors to psychological aesthetics. (Olga McDonald Meidner, British Journal of Aesthetics)

Peter Waldeck's book contains the results of more than two decades of study of the relationship of comedy and tragedy to anxiety. Using examples from German, English and American literatures, he presents penetrating glimpses into the nature of these genres as well as into the works examined. The result is a readable, informative, and highly original monograph' (Jack Kolbert, Susquehanna University) The book has the advantage that unlike most psychological theorists, its author is qualified in literary appreciation. He may have pointed the way for future contributors to psychological aesthetics. (Olga McDonald Meidner, British Journal of Aesthetics)

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