What is Catharsis? (Aristotle's Poetics)

An explanation of the concept of catharsis, as the term was originally used by Aristotle in his Poetics. Including Aristotle's defense of poetry as a means to purge the emotions of fear and pity, the four ways to give rise to fear and pity (knowingly, unknowingly, completed and interrupted).



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